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CHAPTERII
Elementsofacrime
§1Conduct
Tebasisforcriminalliabilityishumanbehaviour.However,notallsuch
conductswillformthebasisforcriminalliability.Apersonengagesin
variousbehavioursintheirlife.Everydaytheyeatameal,gotobedand
sleep.Itisdifculttoreasonablyarguethatsuchbehaviourcouldbean
actinthesenseofcriminallawandformthebasisforpossiblecriminal
liability.Terefore,outoftheentiresetofhumanbehaviours,onlythose
thatrelatetolegalgoodsthatfunctionintradecanbetreatedasanact
withinthemeaningofcriminallaw.Tismeansthatnoteveryhuman
behaviourwillbeconsideredanact.
Anactmayconsistofeitheractionoromission.Onthepartofthe
psycheoftheperpetratorofsuchanact,itmustconsistinthefactthat
thepsycheofsuchaperpetratorperceivesstimulicomingfromoutside
andretainstheabilitytocontroltheirwilltodirectit.
Terecognitionofaperson)sconductasanactundercriminallawis
not,however,tantamounttocriminalliability.Aferall,itisnecessary
toconsiderwhethersuchanactexhauststheelementsdescribedinthe
criminallaw,andthus,whetheritisatthesametimeaprohibitedact
underthelawinforceatthetimeitwascommitted.
Itmaybeconcludedthatnoteveryhumanconductcanbeconsidered
anactundercriminallaw,andnoteveryhumanactwillatthesametime
beanactprohibitedbylaw.Aferall,itispossibletoconceiveofactsthat
arenotprohibitedundercriminallaw.Asanexample,weshouldmention
