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Practice Criminal Law FE-1 questions

20 past-paper-style questions across 2 years (2024, 2023). Marking schemes + Distinction-grade model answers + AI grader.

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Ireland›FE-1 syllabus›FE-1

Criminal Law

Mens rea, actus reus, defences, inchoate offences, homicide, sexual offences, theft and fraud. Statutory backbone of Criminal Justice Acts plus common-law doctrine.

Dominant casebooks

  • McAuley & McCutcheon · Criminal Liability (Round Hall)
  • Hanly · Modern Irish Criminal Law (Gill)

Landmark cases

  • DPP v JC [2015] IESC 31

    Reformed exclusionary rule on unconstitutionally-obtained evidence.

  • DPP v Cunningham [2002] 2 IR 712

    Duress as a defence to non-murder offences.

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