intention coupable

OBS: L'intention coupable est un élément essentiel dans la plupart des crimes et des infractions.

CONT: All crimes have several basic elements. First, the defendant must have committed a voluntary act (""actus reus"") ... Secondly, a defendant must have a culpable intent (""mens rea""). Mens rea represents the requirement that a person possess a ""culpable state of mind"" to be punished for a crime ...
OBS: mens rea: a guilty mind. Although as a general rule there must be a mind at fault before there can be a crime, it is not an inflexible rule, and a statute may relate to such a subject-matter and may be so framed as to make an act criminal whether there has been an intention to break the law or otherwise do wrong or not.

OBS: intención dolosa y mens rea: Expresiones y definición reproducidas del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.