CRJU 3300 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Contributory Negligence, Actus Reus, Voluntary Manslaughter
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Legislative branch is responsible for funding the operations, making laws, and determining sentencing. Early historical era: established formal written codes; different roles within the legal system arose (legislative and executive and judicial); canon law- religious/ church-made law; influence runs right up into modern times. Modern era: natural law- there was a power higher than earthly law that is unchanging and applicable to all citizens. Typologies of law: law can perform a variety of functions. Penal law: behaviors that are prohibited by society and punishable by the government. Compensatory law: one party sues another to gain compensation for loss/ damages. Therapeutic law: provide help for offender to prevent his from committing future offences; designed to confront social issues. Conciliatory law: neither party is right or wrong; provide win-win outcomes. Substantive vs procedural law: the laws vs the rules. Substantive: defines acts that are crimes; what is illegal, what the penalties can be, and offe(cid:374)der(cid:859)s rights.
