Criminal Law is divided into two categories‚ Misdemeanors and Felonies. Criminal law or penal law is the body of law that relates to crime. It contrasts with Civil Law. Civil Law is the system of law concerned with private relations between members of a community rather than criminal‚ military‚ or religious affairs. It regulates social conduct and proscribes whatever is threatening‚ harmful‚ or otherwise endangering to the property‚ health‚ safety‚ and moral welfare of people. It includes the punishment
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------------------------------------------------- Assault From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the criminal act. For tortious aspects of assault‚ see Assault (tort). For other uses‚ see Assault (disambiguation). Criminal law | Part of the common law series | Element (criminal law) | * Actus reus * Mens rea * Causation * Concurrence | Scope of criminal liability | * Complicity * Corporate * Vicarious | Seriousness of offense | * Felony * Misdemeanor
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society evolves‚ the conditions of society must constantly adapt‚ and in doing so‚ the necessary evolution of criminal law develops. Law has gone from informal to formal noted as either public or private‚ and classified on a broad spectrum accordingly. Criminal law has made note of causations and exceptions‚ accounting not only for the crime but for the actor himself and his victim. Criminal law seeks information about who commits crimes and why‚ as well as how crime can be stopped. In early societies
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Antigone: Moral Law vs Civil Law When it comes to morality‚ what is right and wrong based on a person’s personal beliefs‚ the story of Antigone is a great literary reference towards the internal struggles of an individual’s morality. Antigone chose to attribute herself with moral law instead of Creon’s rash and destructive civil law. Antigone felt that no one had the right to decide another’s fate‚ let alone the fate of someone else’s deceased body. Antigone believed that her brother deserved a
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1 The aims and values of ‘criminal justice’ Let no-one be in any doubt‚ the rules of the game are changing. (Former Prime Minister Tony Blair‚ 5 August 2005). Key issues: • The structure of the criminal justice system • Blurring civil and criminal boundaries: ASBOs and similar • Proving guilt and innocence: burden and standard of proof • Adversarial and inquisitorial approaches • Recent trends in crime and criminal justice • Packer’s ‘due process’ and ‘crime control’ models • The human
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The defences of insanity‚ substantial impairment by abnormality of mind and automatism play a vital role in avoiding criminal liability. Principally‚ the defences reflect the idea that intellectually challenged individuals should not be penalised but rather treated of their mental impairment. However the outcomes of each defence have also been criticised as ‘anomalous and arbitrary’ due to conflicting legal and medical definitions. Consequently‚ support for the abolishment of these defences has
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CRIMINAL LAW Table of Contents CRIMINAL LAW ......................................................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................... 1 Historical evolution of criminal law .......................................................................................... 1 Crime – Nature and definition social & legal context – ..........
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Criminal and Civil Law Joanne Lorenz PL1110 January 8‚ 2012 Deborah Perez Izquierdo Criminal and Civil Law The first of two different types of Law in New York State is Homicide or the capital murder statute‚ according to lexus nexus Designed as a capital murder statute‚ N.Y. Penal Law § 125.27 begins with intentional murder as its predicate. The statute goes on to list 13 aggravating factors (including factor vii‚ which generally tracks felony murder
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Criminal Law Study Guide 1 1. Q: Why do we have criminal law? A: To punish those who commit crimes. 2. Q: What is judicial review? A: Allows appellate courts to interpret the acts and events that occur in the other two branches‚ as well in lower courts. 3. Q: Jurisdiction- how does it work and what does it do? A: The lawful right of the legislative‚ executive‚ or judicial branch to exercise official authority. 4. Q: Codified Law- A: When a state has reduced their customs‚ unwritten laws
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A Case Study of Criminal Law Student’s Name College A Case Study of Criminal Law Criminal laws relate to the rules and regulations for handling criminal acts like social conducts‚ harming‚ threatening‚ or endangering one’s health‚ safety‚ moral and/or people’s welfare. Unlike civil laws which emphasize the dispute resolution and compensation of the victim‚ criminal laws punish the law breakers (Duff‚ 2010). Criminal law is unique and distinctive for handling crimes with potentially grave penalties
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