mens rea

Summary

mens rea is a legal term or legal concept^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of legal_term_or_legal_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (453 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• mens rea's instance of is recorded as legal term or legal concept^[3].
• mens rea's instance of is recorded as element^[4].
• mens rea's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85034041^[5].
• mens rea's subclass of is recorded as mind^[6].
• mens rea's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00576803^[7].
• mens rea's part of is recorded as criminal law^[8].
• mens rea's opposite of is recorded as actus reus^[9].
• mens rea's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dm4v^[10].
• mens rea's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as United Kingdom^[11].
• mens rea's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as United States^[12].
• mens rea's PSH ID is recorded as 8908^[13].
• mens rea's Library of Congress Classification is recorded as K5066^[14].
• mens rea's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/mens-rea^[15].
• mens rea's studied by is recorded as criminal law^[16].
• mens rea's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as mens-rea^[17].
• mens rea's Canadian Encyclopedia article ID is recorded as mens-rea^[18].
• mens rea's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 152588399^[19].
• mens rea's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C152588399^[20].
• mens rea's Wellcome Collection concept ID is recorded as bz3mgwcu^[21].

Body

Geography

mens rea's part of is recorded as criminal law^[8].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include legal term or legal concept^[3] and element^[4].

Why It Matters

mens rea ranks in the top 6% of legal_term_or_legal_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (453 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[22] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[23]