ADMJ 0500 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Inchoate Offense, Corpus Delicti, Precedent
10 Jun 2019
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Penal code: written, organized and compiled form of criminal law in a jurisdiction. Case law: body of judicial precedent, built on legal reasoning and past interpretations that serve as a guide for decision making. Common law: law originating from usage and customs. Rule of law: society must be governed by established principles and known codes that are applied uniformly and fairly to all members. Criminal law: body of rules and regulations that define and specify the nature and punishments for offenses of a public nature or for wrongs committed against the state or society (penal law) Substantive criminal law: defines crimes and specifies punishments. Procedural law: specifies methods to be used in enforcing substantive criminal law. Civil law: modern law that governs relationships between parties. Tort: wrongful act, damage, or injury, not involving a breach of contract (private, civil wrong or injury) Felony: punishable by death or incarceration for at least one year.
