In South African law, what is culpable homicide?

In South African law, when you commit an offence, it can occur through intent, negligence, or both. I believe this is also the case in other jurisdictions (countries). Some offences can only be committed through intent. read more

In South Africa only two offences in this respect exist, murder and culpable homicide. As for the degrees, it can become quite complicated - so I will not go into too much detail. Intent (also known in latin as dolus), can take on the form of direct, indirect, or eventualis. read more

In South African law there are no degrees of murder. There is only a distinction between murder, which is the intentional killing of a human, and culpable homicide (manslaughter), which is the negligent killing of a human. read more

In Canada, "culpable homicide" is not itself an offence. Rather, the term is used in the Criminal Code to classify all killings of persons as either culpable or not culpable homicide. There are three types of culpable homicide: murder, manslaughter and infanticide. read more