AN EXAMINATION OF THE CONCEPT AND ANTECEDENTS OF 'FAULT' IN THE LEGAL DOCTRINES OF FRANCE, ITALY, SWITZERLAND, AND WEST GERMANY IS FOLLOWED BY DETAILED ANALYSES OF THE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF FAULT AND THE ELEMENTS OF NEGLIGENT OR FAULTED CRIME. ALSO CONSIDERED ARE THE STRUCTURE OF NEGLIGENT CRIME IN MODERN CRIMINAL DOCTRINE, INCLUDING THE CONCEPTS OF REPONSIBILITY, CULPABILITY, AND DUE CAUTION, AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE HARMFUL RESULT PRODUCED. THE FINALIST THEORY OF NEGLIGENT CRIME IS THEN PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED. THIS THEORY MAINTAINS THAT THE DECISIVE ELEMENT OF THE UNJUST OF NEGLIGENT CRIME IS NOT TO BE FOUND IN THE CAUSATION OF A MATERIAL RESULT BY VIRTUE OF A MERE ACT OF WILL, BUT IN THE INFRACTION (THE ACTION) OF THE OBJECTIVE DUTY OF CAUTION REQUIRED....ELW