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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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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CHAPTER 7 – CRIMINAL LAW 7.1 Introduction The term criminal law‚ sometimes called penal law‚ refers to various rules whose common characteristic is the imposition of punishment if one fails to comply with the rules. In criminal law‚ a crime is considered as a wrong against the State. A crime may be defined as an unlawful act or an omission which is unacceptable that causes public condemnation in a form of sanction. Therefore‚ a crime is a wrong which affects the public welfare‚ a wrong for which
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LAW DEPARTMENT A2 Criminal Law Study Pack 2010 / 2011 Name CONTENTS PAGE 1. Homicide - Murder 3 2. Voluntary Manslaughter 8 3. Involuntary Manslaughter 20 4. Defences: Insanity 29 5. Automatism 32 6. Intoxication 35 7. Self-defence 37 8. Consent 42 9. Critical evaluation of murder and voluntary manslaughter 47 10. Critical
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CRIMINAL LAW A Criminal Law Introduction p: 2 Role of Criminal Law p: 4 Elements of a Crime p: 4 Strict and Absolute liability p: 5 Negligence Murder p: 6 Murder – different statutory approaches p: 6-8 Elements of murder p: 8 Pre-existing susceptibility Voluntary Manslaughter p: 9-10 Provocation (and abnormality of mind‚ excessive self defence) Involuntary Manslaughter p: 11-12 Unlawful
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2000 CASE DIGESTS C R I M I N A L L A W SUMMARY OF DOCTRINES JUSTIFYING CIRCUMSTANCES Self-Defense The invocation of self-defense is an admission of the killing and its authorship. By this admission‚ the burden of proof shifts to the accused who must establish all elements of the justifying circumstance. The nature and number of wounds inflicted disprove the plea of self-defense because they demonstrate determined effort to kill and not just defend himself. (People v. Magayac
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means the killing of a human being [Irving‚ Shae‚ ed (2009) and may be lawful – where‚ for example‚ fatal force was necessary to defend oneself. The two most important offences of unlawful homicide are murder and manslaughter. Although both are common law offences‚ elements of murder and manslaughter have been modified by Acts of Parliament and the penalties for each are statutory. Until 1957‚ murder (the more serious of the two offences) was a capital offence – that is‚ a sentence of death automatically
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Amanda Prieto Bus 233-004LY Criminal Law Essay 10/14/11 Obligations and Rights As what I have read‚ the obligations and rights in reference to criminal law‚ every case is different. The most common cases when defending oneself against a criminal charge are “I didn’t do it” and “I did it but I shouldn’t be held responsible.” In one of the defenses of a criminal charge‚ there is one topic where people are innocent until proven guilty. It is an actual presumption where the judge and jury assume
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Sexual Assault Patterns‚ context‚ definitions: Law reform (’81)– Importance of feminist contributions – significant to reform of law regarding rape. Definitions: Sexual assault (NSW) Unlawful sexual penetration (Commonwealth Criminal Code) Harm – Affront to human dignity Humiliating denial of freedom and equality; Cruel invasion of human privacy (FRASER 1975) Sources of information – Official statistics Victim surveys Discrepancy reveals under-reporting: 14% reported Relationship
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MCQs in Criminal Law Choose the best answer. 1. Sailor Kriseth is a merchant ship registered in Puerto Rico and owned by Seta Alcantara‚ a Filipino citizen. The Captain of the Ship is Captain Amerigo who is an American citizen. While passing through Laguna bay‚ the ship was searched by customs officials and they found 10 kilos of prohibited drugs. The owner and the captain of the ship were charged in the Regional Trial Court for possession of illegal drugs. Does the Philippine Courts have
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