Search results for: “Criminal law”
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Gun Law
Gun Law Contents Gang-related gun violence Gang homicides, and gang loyalty: organized crimes or disorganized criminals The role of firearms in violence ‘scripts’: the dynamics of gun events among adolescent males Gun crime: the market in and use of illegal firearms Early […]
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Law and Administration under Henry II
In our last lecture we discussed Henry II in his role as a French prince trying to build and maintain a great empire out of the various territories that his parents and his wife had given him. This is probably how contemporaries, and likely Henry himself, viewed his efforts and career. […]
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Criminal Courts Structure
The Structure of the Courts: Criminal Introduction to Criminal Courts Structure The most numerous courts in England and Wales are the magistrates' courts, where justices of the peace, or magistrates, sit. Most magistrates are lay people who sit on a bench of three with a legally qualified […]
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Criminal Litigation
INVESTIGATION AND CHARGE This Section covers: The powers to stop, search and arrest ; Detention and interrogation ; The right to silence at the police station ; Challenging unlawfully and unfairly obtained evidence ; Obtaining identification evidence ; The decision to […]
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Criminal Justice under Henry II
Assizes of Clarendon and Northampton By his Assizes of Clarendon and Northampton, Henry II reserved important crimes for the exclusive consideration of his own judges either on circuit or at his court; and he demanded entry for these judges into all franchises for that purpose. In […]
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Forest Laws
Introduction Forest Laws, in English law, are legal restrictions regarding forests of the king. Forest laws applied not only to the royal forests of England but to Scotland as well. The area subject to the jurisdiction of these courts in England included not only woodland but often […]
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List of Law Journal Articles Publication Frequency
List of Legal Periodicals´ Articles Publication Frequency Title, Publication Frequency, American Business Law Journal, Quarterly, American Law and Economics Review, 2 issues per annum, Bar Review, 6 issues per annum, British Journal of Criminology, 6 issues per […]
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Constitutional Law Milestone Cases
A & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department (BAILII: [2005] UKHL 71 ) [2005] 3 WLR 1249 A v Secretary of State for the Home Department (BAILII: [2004] UKHL 56 ) [2005] 2 AC 68, [2005] 2 WLR 87 Abbassy v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (BAILII: […]
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Trial
Trial Meaning Trial in Scottish Law The legal action in a criminal court case. Trial in Fraud: Criminal Law and Procedure Indictments and Severance There is more information about this section in the entry about Indictments and Severance in this legal Encyclopedia. Hearsay and […]
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Trial
Trial Meaning Trial in Scottish Law The legal action in a criminal court case. Trial in Fraud: Criminal Law and Procedure Indictments and Severance There is more information about this section in the entry about Indictments and Severance in this legal Encyclopedia. Hearsay and […]
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Assizes
Assizes History Courts sitting at regular intervals in each county of England and Wales to administer the civil and criminal law. In 1972 the civil jurisdiction of assizes was moved to the High Court and the criminal jurisdiction to the Crown Court. As early as 1179, This issue under the […]
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Actus Reus
The elements of a crime: actus reus This section offers a description about the elements of a crime: actus reus in the study of the general principles of Criminal Law. Definition of Actus Reus The actus reus consists of more than just an act. Actus reus in Legal Latin Meaning of the latin […]