31. Therefore, intoxication will rarely ( if ever ) deny the " mens rea " of crimes of basic intent. 32. The first involves criminal negligence, which is a mens rea culpability requirement and is irrelevant for strict liability offenses. 33. Academic writers have termed this feature of the offence " half mens rea " and " constructive liability ". 34. England and Wales has strict liability offences, which criminalize behavior without the need to show a criminal mens rea . 35. In New South Wales, manslaughter in criminal negligence uses objective test to prove the mens rea of the crime. 36. In some jurisdictions the mens rea is quite complex, such as in New South Wales, where the law reads: 37. Specifically, it violated the principle of fundamental justice that an appropriate mens rea must be proven by the Crown. 38. Normally, to be convicted of a crime, the defendant must have had a specific mens rea , or guilty mental state. 39. Strict liability can be described as criminal or civil liability notwithstanding the lack mens rea or intent by the defendant. 40. The court distinguished between legislation precluding an affirmative defense, and precluding a rebuttal to showing the element of mens rea .
