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Homicide Act 1957

Welcome to the Wiki world. It is good to have someone else interested in law around. Constructive malice was the English rule when I began practice (there was no Scottish equivalent). Its purpose was to secure the conviction of anyone who had caused death while committing a felony without having to prove malice aforethought (the malice was constructed out of the fact that the accused was engaged in supposedly an inherently dangerous activity). Because the death penalty was available, this could operate very unfairly, hence the Report of the Royal Commission on Capital Punishment (1953) (Cmd. 8932), paras 72-121. According to the marginal note to the section, s1 Homicide Act, 1957 purports to abolish this doctrine. s1(1) abolishes the generality of the rule of felony murder, and 1(2) abolishes the rule when resisting arrest (at the time, there was the general power of arrest without a warrant for the commission of a felony), but, in DPP v Smith (1960) 3 All ER 161 the Lords confirmed what we all thought at the time, namely that constructive malice was not repealed by the section. (Some of the key commentators of the time got very excited, Glanville Williams “Constructive Malice revived” (1960) 23 MLR 604 and J.C. Smith, “Case and Comment: DPP v Smith” (1960) Crim LR 765). Let me explain what the problem was. Although the Act formally addresses the issue of constructive malice, it did not did not abolish the principles of "expressed malice" or "implied malice". It has been a long-standing requirement to prove mens rea. For murder, the issue was how to prove malice aforethought without an admission. So is there proof because of the words and expressions used by the accused, or is there proof because there is a set of circumstances from which malice can be implied? The answer to both was that an objective test enabled the court to impute or construct the malice. It was not until the Criminal Law Act 1967 that we accepted that the common law rules on malice had gone because the Act abolished the distinction between felonies and misdemeanours, i.e. the "felony murder rules" could no longer apply. The confusion arose because the HA57 abolished only one aspect of the rules while preserving the concept of felony and all the rules that went with that.

"For the purposes of the foregoing subsection, a killing in the course or for the purpose of resisting an officer of justice or of resisting or avoiding or preventing a lawful arrest, or of affecting or assisting an escape or rescue from legal custody, shall be treated as a killing in the course or furtherance of an offence."

This situation had to be addressed separately because one aspect of the old constructive malice rule was that, to protect police officers who were arresting felons without a warrant, any death, even accidental, would be considered a murder (subject to the Dadson rule, of course). Now, as with s1(1) the subsection only addresses the general rule. It does not address the express or implied rule so the Lords approach in Smith was assumed to be the law until 1967 when arrestable/nonarrestable came along. I agree that my original scrawl is confusing and I will correct it. Thank you for making me think about it again. It is so pleasing to have someone actually evaluate the content here for cause. If more people were like you, we would all produce the bestest 'cyclopaedia ever. There is a law group here. I am not a joiner myself, but you could register your interest if you think you are going to stick around. David91 03:51, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Royal Household

You've removed various offices such as the Lord High Constable of Scotland and the Lord Justice General from the category "Positions within the British Royal Household". Setting aside the fact that the "British" Royal Household is a misnomer, there being a separate Scottish household, it is not clear to me why you have made the changes. Reliable sources such as Stair indicate that the Lord High Constable and Lord Justice General are indeed Great Officers of the Royal Household in Scotland (see Royal Household and Great Officer of State article). Can you explain your change?--George Burgess 12:50, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Sir Allan Green

Sir Allan Green seems to be an attack page. All I can find about the man in my research is that he is a current prosecutor circa 2006 [1]

Can you substantiate/source that article at all? -Harmil 15:12, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for those links. I've removed the {{db-attack}} tag, and added the citation. Sorry about the confusion, but without sources there was no way to be sure that it wasn't an attack page. Happy editing! -Harmil 16:04, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Deified Roman Emperors

Is this category necessary? Weren't all the pre-Christian emperors deified? And are you sure about the Christian emperors? Why would they be deified? Adam Bishop 15:14, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Furthermore, what is your reference for deified emperors?--BlaiseMuhaddib 16:06, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

This is the source: [2] As you can see, not all of the pre-Christian emperors were deified. As for the anomlay of Christian emperors still being deified under a pagan religion, see the article on the subject here: Apotheosis#Roman (see especially paragraphs 4 and 5 of that section). Richard75 16:44, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

I don't think an About.com page is necessarily a reliable source on this. I'd like to see a citation from a primary source (i.e. one written in ancient times) or a reputable modern scholar.

As the person who wrote paragraphs 4 and 5 that you cite, I should make it clear that just putting "divus" in front of someone's name didn't make them deified, something i should have made clearer in the article, I suppose. Deification was a formal process that involved a declaration by the ruling emperor, a vote by the Senate, and the maintenance of an imperial cult (temples, statues, priests, etc.) by the pagan Roman state religion. The legalization of Christianity by Constantine, and disestablishment and suppression of the the traditional Roman religion by Gratian and Theodosius I, meant that any subsequent emperors couldn't be deified in any kind of meaningful sense. --Jfruh (talk) 15:27, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

An epigraphical list of the type you cite would be focused entirely on the names in inscriptions. I'm willing to bet that the list is of emperors for whom inscriptions have been discovered with divus in front of their names. This is not the same as being deified, which was much more involved, as the apotheosis article discusses.

You say "Unless you can find a source which shows that deification never happened after a certain point, as opposed to it becoming more theoretical than real..." I'm not sure what the distinction between "theoretical" and "real" deification could mean. Leaving aside the religious/metaphysical aspects (which I think I am comfortable saying that nobody believes in anymore), the deification of a Roman emperor was a social and political exercize conducted by the government of the Roman state for a variety of social and political reasons. That exercize involved a number of concrete actions taken by the personel and institutions of the Roman state cult. When that cult was displaced by Christianity, there was nobody left to perform any of the rituals associated with deification, and thus deification could not by definition occur. The fact that some people out of politeness or habit still referred to deceased emperors as "divine" (divus) was a linguistic holdover, not a sign that this social and relgious institution was still active. --Jfruh (talk) 17:45, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Login glitches

Hi, Richard.

Someone wrote to us today saying that they'd come onto wikipedia and found themselves, for no apparent reason, logged in as you. They logged out as soon as they realised, but you might want to consider changing your password in case the problem recurs - I have no idea how it could have happened, since they were on their personal machine, but it seemed best to let you know. Shimgray | talk | 18:39, 19 August 2006 (UTC) Thanks!Richard75 18:44, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Judge Dredd

Sterling work on the various Judge Dredd articles. I have thrown in a couple of ideas on an image to go with the Judge Giant entry. I'll sort it out if we agree on one. Also we have a list of ideas for other entries on the 2000 AD talk page if you fancy venturing further afield as there is talk of submitting the main 2000 AD entry for featured article status (although there is also a lot of work needed on the JD 'epics' still so whateve suits). (Emperor 15:19, 3 September 2006 (UTC))

If we both agree that is the best Judge Giant image I can sort out uploaidng it and getting it in the article is you like - just let me know and I'll sort it out. (Emperor 00:28, 4 September 2006 (UTC))

OK all done - looks good too. (Emperor 00:46, 4 September 2006 (UTC))

Thanks for sorting out the cadets - it makes the Judges entry look a lot more solid. I've been through and wound up the various merge sugestions. I have been pondering the need to another Judge Dredd category - I wa sleaning towards Mega Cities but have realsied tht it needs to be a bit broader than that and so can accomodate other entries [3] As you've been doing a lot of work in that area your input would be much appreciated. (Emperor 15:59, 4 September 2006 (UTC))

Good stuff on the epics - which reminded me that the other category I was thinking of was "Judge Dredd storylines". If you check the talk page I point out there are categories for Batman storylines, etc. - I was thinking "Judge Dredd epics" but perhaps storylines keeps it in line with others from DC [4] and Marvel. [5] Another thing I raised at the end of the merging discussion was putting some of the multipart epics together - like Total War or Doomsday and I wonder if "A Letter to Judge Dredd" might go under "Tale of the Dead Man", as "The Connection" has for "Origins", and "Countdown to Necropolis" has for "Necropolis". But then again they were preludes and/or prologues so I don't think there can be any hard and fast rules on that one - I'm happy to leave it up to your best judgement. I'll drop a note on image to accompany the Dead Man and tale of the Dead Man entries on their respective talk pages (Emperor 03:25, 5 September 2006 (UTC))

OK cool. I wasn't sure about the Dead Man and the Tales of the Dead Man (they could work separately - they could even be sunk into Necropolis but I think that is going too far) but as you've got the best angle on the way things go together so your call. I haven't made a category before but I'll look into it - might have to wait until next week. Also check out my sandbox - I'm wondering about splitting them off from the 2000 AD entry to more general ones (as they also include stuff from the Megazine, books and films) as the timeline can be expanded to include the various epics (as well as charting the crossovers within and between companies). (Emperor 23:22, 5 September 2006 (UTC))

Yes well reworded slightly is a little understatement ;) Rewritten completely seemed a better approach as it made no sense. I think it works better now. I've also redone the timeline a bit more to reflect the way I think it should be done (charting the events in the fictional universe and then showing how they link in with stories - not just listing when the stories took place). I'll wait to see what HalfWhit says about it as he sorted the main entries continuity section that I used. If there is anything else you think it requires let me know. (Emperor 02:46, 11 September 2006 (UTC))

I dropped a couple of request for references into the City of the Damned entry. I presume it came up in an interview or reprint but they do need sourcing. I've also done a few tweaks in formatting as the series is in italics and the story is in double quotes (so its Judge Dredd and "City of the Damned" - of course this gets complicated if youa re talking about the City of teh Damned tpb but it does show the distinction. (Emperor 12:27, 11 September 2006 (UTC))

I have now moved both entries out of my sandbox and you can find them here: 2000 AD Universe and 2000 AD glossary. See the talk pages for the next steps - all ideas and input appreciated. (Emperor 18:56, 14 September 2006 (UTC))

Reckon its worth an entry on Judge Logan [6] ? He crops up in Total War (nice Democracy entry) amongst others and reappears in Origins. It'll also slot in with the Class of 79 entry I'm working on. I was also working on a pseudonyms section for the main entry (K. Edwards, Cal Hamilton and Keef Ripley) but would it be worth making it a pseudonyms and cameos section? Adding in Judge Logan but also Cal who is based on... damn I forget. Pat Mills? We could throw in BLAIR 1 I suppose too and osme others I suspect. (Emperor 16:07, 17 September 2006 (UTC))

Judge Logan isn't in Class of '79 - the fanzine was started by W.R. Logan who the Judge is a hat tip to. I'll start that section now and you can throw in any information - I'll put it in the 2000 AD Universe entry as they could cross the different publications. (Emperor 22:11, 17 September 2006 (UTC))

The timeline is now in the 2000 AD Universe entry and is looking really good. I've done some further wikifying drawing in the various relevant entries but it'll probably need a few goes to get everything added in. (Emperor 00:11, 18 September 2006 (UTC))

Hello!!

Hi, I noticed that you contributed to some 2000ad articles. If you like to help futher, you can "flesh out" the Alien Races section on The V.C.s, particulary the Geek or the Polity section.--SGCommand (talk • contribs) 15:34, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

2000 AD Universe up for deletion

2000 AD Universe has been put up for deletion - we'd appreciate input on the discussion to gain as balanced a view as possible (Emperor 22:02, 19 September 2006 (UTC))

More like 50ps-worth ;) I had rather already consigned the whole shebang to the bin of history but you have pointed out a few ways of salvaging it and moving it forward. I suppose Art didn't have a problem with the timeline when it was on its own (just asking for clarification) so it must be the sections I added to help place it in context that has caused all the fuss. Ah well we'll see how it goes anyway. (Emperor 00:45, 20 September 2006 (UTC))

Agreed - thanks for that. We'll look into tweaking it to fit its new home and then I'll throw it open to the Hive Mind on the 2000 AD forum and get input from them. (Emperor 17:19, 29 September 2006 (UTC))

Gay clown porn?

Feel free to remove this after you've satisfied my curiosity but where did that comment come from?? (Emperor 00:23, 29 September 2006 (UTC))

LOL - thanks for the explanation. I thought it was too much of a coincidence. Still seems a little niche for irs own entry so far - thank God ;) (Emperor 13:01, 29 September 2006 (UTC))

Satanus

Reading this it strikes me that Satanus is another one of those Zelig-like figures that crops up in various stories (like Hammerstein) and I was wondering if it was worth an entry or possibly one alogn the lines of "Dinosaurs in 2000 AD" which could link through to XTNCT. On an unrelated matter I'd appreciate input on this. I'll drop a link to the crossovers entry into the 2000 AD forum and see if anyone has any input. (Emperor 16:06, 5 October 2006 (UTC))

OK I took the initiative and skecthed it out Dinosaurs in 2000 AD I haven't yet linked it in anywhere. If that seems to be going in the right direction I can drop links in. (Emperor 23:14, 5 October 2006 (UTC))

List of minor characters in Judge Dredd

Thanks for your message regarding the List of minor characters in Judge Dredd page. I never got around to starting to article due to university committments. I appreciate the work you have done on the article and look forward to working with you and helping you expand it :-) Vanguard 16:21, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Good work. I have been through and added some redirects to the list (see the talk page and the what links here). I do wonder if Walter deserves his own entry but if you start one here it can be split off - in the meantime I have dropped a redirect into his page Walter the Wobot (and one into Nero Narcos, Spikes Harvey Rotten, Psi-Judge Feyy, Murd the Oppressor, Armon Gill and Sabbat the Necromagus). It makes a lot of sense as some entries won't get past stubs but they do need to be mentioned esp. with the complete case files. (Emperor 16:50, 8 October 2006 (UTC))

The question is who is suitable for their own entry and what criteria there should be. As I mentioned on the minor character list page PJ Maybe and Otto Sump seem good candidates for solo entries as they crop up numeous times and even have their own trade paperbacks. A lot of the people who have cropped up tend to have one off appearances in epics (often major ones) but these certainly have a separate existece. Thoughts? Any others? We might as well sketch them out now. (Emperor 19:21, 13 October 2006 (UTC))

OK cool makes sense. Perhaps it'd be worth creating a list (on the minor characters talk page?) so the entry can be started straight off (Emperor 19:31, 14 October 2006 (UTC))

List of weapons in Judge Dredd

Worth an entry? The Lawgiver entry seems solid but Lawrod Rifle and the other wepaons linked in here? Or it could be List of vehicles and weapons in Judge Dredd? That way you could get in the lawmaster and other modes of transport. (Emperor 16:58, 8 October 2006 (UTC))

Good call we are getting close. How about List of technology in Judge Dredd it is flexible enough to include things like face change equipment, bat wing gliders, hover boards (linked through to Sky-surfer and Boing (all big plot devices) as well as those big trailers whose name escapes me. Can also include the spaceships which might not really count as equipment. Technology could be split into weapons, vehicles, recreation, equipment, etc. (Emperor 17:22, 8 October 2006 (UTC))

OK cool. No rush as we are on the same page. (Emperor 17:37, 8 October 2006 (UTC))

For future reference: This should come in handy for that page [7] Also if there is going to be a "Judge Dredd locations" category and an expansion of the MegaCities information [8]. (Emperor 20:09, 8 October 2006 (UTC))

Judge Dredd infopanel

So I'm looking at the infopanels for Alien, Batman and Battle Royale and was thinking it'd be agood idea to have a Judge Dredd one. Sections would include: Judges, Characters, Villians, Locations, Storylines, Crossovers, Spin-offs (film, computer game, for example). I think the Alien one seems the best one to base it on and it can be worked on there until we were happy with it. Thoughts? (Emperor 17:33, 14 October 2006 (UTC))

Or possibly a mix of all three - a table with section headers on te left with a light blue background. (Emperor 17:36, 14 October 2006 (UTC))

OK - I'll put something together and we can have a look at it and see how it goes. (Emperor 19:36, 14 October 2006 (UTC))

Righto - gives this a try: Judge Dredd. Obviously its not full but it gives the general idea of layout, colours, sections, etc. (Emperor 20:10, 14 October 2006 (UTC))

Technically if you are happy with the idea and general look then you can start adding it now - you might as well do it in passing and it'll help encourage people to jump in and fix any ommissions. I'll add it in a few places now. (Emperor 20:18, 14 October 2006 (UTC))

I've checked through it and it all seems solid. I can see the need for a locations category so I'll sort that out. We can also use that panel to sketch out the ones that need doing (like Otto Sump?) so everyone seems them and gets the chance to jump in if they feel so moved ;) Do you think we should have a section in that panel for creatorss? Keep it to the major ones. There are categories for Spiderman artists and that kind of thing (see the various writer categories for Grant Morrison [9]) so perhaps two categories "Judge Dredd writers" and "Judge Dredd artists"? (Emperor 01:55, 15 October 2006 (UTC))

Rogue Trooper

Have you got any old Rogue Trooper comics?--SGCommand (talk • contribs) 14:25, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Looking for info on the "Hit" series. The following would be nice.

1. Names of the Norts/Southers that were assassinated

2. What happened to the both sides after the war - the outcome?

3. A picture of the aliens with a brief description about them?

Thanks in advance --SGCommand (talk • contribs) 18:10, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Hotdog Run

Sorry I was going by this:

HILDA McGRUDER (2112-2116)
Reinstated after Necropolis. Resigns in Wilderlands after a Mechanismo robot tries to kill her. Dies on a final Hotdog Run in Death of a Legend.

Which came upon when I was looking for Hotdog Run information. I should have done some fact-checking. If it is wrong we can get the data updated. (Emperor 20:42, 24 October 2006 (UTC))

Gotcha. It'd be worth having a "Death of a Legend" section in Cursed Earth entry though. Also one on the Hunting Party? I was thinking of a Judge Renga section in the minor character entry which would hook in with that (and Origins). Anything else? (Emperor 21:03, 24 October 2006 (UTC))

Black Atlantic

I think it is time to start a Black Atlantic entry and wanted to drop in a section on the various stories that have featured it like: "Battle of the Black Atlantic" (128-129), "Pirates of the Black Atlantic" (197-200) which features Captain Skank (loved him) who appeared again in "Helter Skelter", "Jumped" (1491-1494), "House of Pain", there is a Judge Dredd book from Black Flame of the same name and the upcoming series by Dan Abnett starting in Meg #253 (there is also a guide by Mongoose for the RPG). Any others spring to mind? (Emperor 16:14, 29 October 2006 (UTC))

Ah ha - that was the one that I was tryig to shake loose from the dusty corners of my mind as the floating city is reused in House of Pain. (Emperor 16:38, 29 October 2006 (UTC))

I was going to use this as an excuse to create the "Judge Dredd locations" category but should it be "2000 AD locations" and we can put Nu-Earth and Fort Neuropa (and Mercy Heights?) under it too? Obviously it can be moved at a later date but I may as well aim to get it right first time - until the other day the Roogue Trooper ones were up for merging so it wasn't clear what was going on there. (Emperor 16:53, 29 October 2006 (UTC))

OK will do. If need be there can be a Judge Dredd locations under that main category - actually it might make sense to have both (Emperor 17:28, 29 October 2006 (UTC))

I keep getting caught up in other things so what I've one is sketched out the entry (based on the Cursed Earth and Undercity ones) and put it in my Sandbox: Black Atlantic. I also found some notes I'd started on Helter Skelter and so put them in there too (as I'd completely forgotten about them and this is a good reminder): Helter Skelter. I'll go and dig out the relevant progs and re-read the relevan stories before expanding the relevant section. Feel free to tinker with them as you see fit. On a sidenote there is a suggestion to move the Dinosaurs in 2000 AD entry to a Satanus one: Talk:Dinosaurs in 2000 AD as I've said I'm fine with that if the entry seems a bit odd or unworkable so if you agree with the idea I'll sort that out. {Emperor 20:23, 2 November 2006 (UTC))

Dredd pics

The Otto Sump one is up and I posted a list of other potentials here. If we can get a consensus I'll do a batch of them. (Emperor 18:08, 6 November 2006 (UTC))

Cool thanks. I'll sort those out later. (Emperor 18:58, 6 November 2006 (UTC))

I added Template:Superherobox to Otto Sump (as I used Template:Superteambox with The V.C.s, Caballistics, Inc., etc.) which seems to work fine (as it is more generally for comic characters) and I'll use them for the other characters unless anyone objects. (Emperor 20:02, 6 November 2006 (UTC))

Also it'd be interesting if we could have a map of Mega-City one. This one is good as it shows the old and new outlines. [10] See discussion here (Emperor 01:10, 7 November 2006 (UTC))

Doomsday Dogs

Should the Doomsday Dog (red link on Father Earth entry) deserve an article?--SGCommand (talk • contribs) 13:48, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

No. (Emperor 16:23, 15 November 2006 (UTC))

Brit Wave

It is up for deletion. I suspect I have probably done enough to resolve the matter but have suggested it is moved (as the name is probbaly wrong) and I was wondering if you had anything else to add. (Emperor 16:23, 15 November 2006 (UTC))

Sinister Dexter

If you want, you can help me do character descriptions over at the Sinister Dexter article please--SGCommand (talk • contribs) 17:50, 17 November 2006 (UTC)