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2. Polish Penal Code - Wikipedia

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   Article 1 of the code defined the penal responsibility, stating that a person is a subject to punishment only when its conduct constituted a criminal offence at the time when it took place. [3] This fundamental rule of the modern criminal law made the code a very up-to-date document.

3. Criminal law of the United States - Wikipedia

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   t. e. The courtroom of the United States Courthouse in Augusta, Georgia. The criminal law of the United States is a manifold system of laws and practices that connects crimes and consequences. In comparison, civil law addresses non-criminal disputes. The system varies considerably by jurisdiction, but conforms to the US Constitution.

4. Revised Penal Code - Wikipedia

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   Features. The Revised Penal Code criminalizes a whole class of acts that are generally accepted as criminal, such as the taking of a life whether through murder or homicide, rape, robbery theft, and treason. The Code also penalizes other acts that are considered criminal in the Philippines, such as adultery, concubinage, and abortion.

5. California Penal Code - Wikipedia

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   California law. Note: There are 29 California codes. The Penal Code of California forms the basis for the application of most criminal law, criminal procedure, penal institutions, and the execution of sentences, among other things, in the American state of California. It was originally enacted in 1872 as one of the original four California ...

6. Indian Penal Code - Wikipedia

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   The Indian Penal Code ( IPC) was the official criminal code in the Republic of India, inherited from British India after independence, until it was repealed and replaced by Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) in December 2023, which came into effect on 1 July 2024. It was a comprehensive code intended to cover all substantive aspects of criminal law.

7. Criminal law - Wikipedia

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   Criminal law. Criminal law is the body of law that relates to crime. It prescribes conduct perceived as threatening, harmful, or otherwise endangering to the property, health, safety, and welfare of people inclusive of one's self. Most criminal law is established by statute, which is to say that the laws are enacted by a legislature.

8. Sanford Kadish - Wikipedia

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   Spouse. June Kadish. Alma mater. City College of New York, Columbia Law School. Occupation. Professor. Sanford "Sandy" H. Kadish (September 7, 1921 [1] – September 5, 2014) was an American criminal law scholar and theorist. He specialised in criminology and criminal law theory, and was one of the drafters of the American Model Penal Code. [2]

9. Russell on Crime - Wikipedia

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   Russell's Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanours, which appeared in 1819 in two volumes in octavo, was pronounced by Warren (Law Student, 2nd edit. p. 620) "the best general treatise in criminal law". A second edition appeared in 1827; a third, edited by C. S. Greaves , in 1843, with a supplement in 1851; a fourth, in 3 volumes, in 1865; and a ...