BALW20150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Actus Reus, Mens Rea, Mail And Wire Fraud
20 Jan 2017
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Differences between criminal and civil (tort) law: civil (tort) Private (parties hire their own attorneys: criminal. Domestic disputes tend to go through criminal law as opposed to civil. Tort is an injury to a person or property. Tort feasor is the person who commits a tort (defendant) Serious crimes that are punishable by death or prison for more than one year: misdemeanors. Non-serious crimes punishable by jail time for less than one year or fines: infractions. Have no jail time: a crime is classified based on the maximum punishment. A crime that is punishable by two years in jail is still a felony even if the defendant only gets ten months. Criminal liability: to be convicted of a crime, a person must: Have the guilty mind (mens rea) during the commission of the. Corporate criminal liability guilty act: a corporation can be convicted of a crime, but the punishment can.
