What’s on the States of Mind poster
A 5-row table: State · Means.
State of mind and meaning.
- Direct intention — It was the aim or purpose
- Oblique intention — Virtually certain, and appreciated as such
- Recklessness — Aware of a risk and took it unreasonably
- Negligence — Fell below the reasonable standard
- Strict liability — No mental element required
Educational reference. Motive is why someone acted; intention is what they meant to bring about. Only the latter is usually an element.
Questions about the States of Mind poster
- What’s on the States of Mind poster?
- A 5-row table: State · Means. State of mind and meaning. Direct intention — It was the aim or purpose; Oblique intention — Virtually certain, and appreciated as such; Recklessness — Aware of a risk and took it unreasonably; Negligence — Fell below the reasonable standard; Strict liability — No mental element required. Educational reference. Motive is why someone acted; intention is what they meant to bring about. Only the latter is usually an element.
- Who is the States of Mind poster for?
- States of Mind belongs to the Law section rather than to a school year, because law & society is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning criminal law can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the States of Mind poster?
- Intention, recklessness and negligence sit on a descending scale of culpability. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so States of Mind belongs on the wall where that law & society work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with States of Mind?
- Strict Liability, The Elements of an Offence and Corporate Liability sit alongside States of Mind in the Law section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Strict LiabilityThe Elements of an OffenceCorporate Liability
- Is the States of Mind poster free to download and print?
- Yes. States of Mind downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Law section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the States of Mind poster print at?
- States of Mind is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of States of Mind loses nothing.Printing guide
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