... of intention must be proved to establish an attempt? This establishes the fault involved. Second, is the matter of proximity. This handles the question as to when an act goes from merely being thought of to actually happening. Finally, if one's conduct completely carried out wouldn't be a crime what circumstances would? In this case Bob definitely had the intension to kill Leroy, and he took the shot so proximity is not an issue either. Most of all since he took the shot it definitely was possible and would have been a murder if he connected. In terms of the law it can be further simplified to focus on fault and conduct. All this brings into account the principle of causation. Causation has its origin in a norm; man's interpretation of nature has a normative juristic character, and has its beginnings in 19th century (Kelsen47). And from that we add ...

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