Intention and Negligence in Complicity in Georgian and American Criminal Law
Keywords:
Complicity, principle, recklessness, negligence, excess of the principle offender.Abstract
The given article relates to the problem of intention and the negligence in the context of complicity in Georgian and American criminal law. Mens rea of complicity raises many disputable questions in contemporary criminal law. The author of the article concludes that the complicity by dolus eventualis is possible in certain categories of crimes while negligent complicity should be generally left unpunished. However, the legislator can introduce provisions in specific part of the criminal code criminalizing complicity by recklessness (as well as dolus eventualis) and negligence in specific cases.
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