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Scots law on murder

Scots law on murder under Scots law, is understood as the unlawful killing of another person, with the required mental state.[1] This mental state must be one of two kinds: wicked intention to kill, or wicked recklessness.[2]

  1. ^ Ferguson, Pamela R. (2013). Scots Criminal Law: A Critical Analysis. Claire McDiarmid (2nd ed.). Dundee: Edinburgh University Press. p. 248. ISBN 978-0-7486-9581-2.
  2. ^ Jones, Timothy H.; Taggart, Ian (2015). Criminal law. Greens concise Scots law (6th ed.). Edinburgh: W. Green, Thomson Reuters. ISBN 978-0-414-03859-2.

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