Criminal Law

Criminal Law

Introduction

Every state has its own criminal laws and procedures. Nevertheless, there are some theories that are common in all the legal systems. This paper discusses the prevalence of codified law over common law related to criminal law cases.. Moreover, the functions of the adversarial system and standards of proof along with the concepts of criminal liability and accomplice liability are also presented.

Sources of Criminal Law

Substantive criminal law comes from the following sources:

Common law, also known as the unwritten law, can be found in the common law of states.

Statutory or written (codified) law comes from the statute of ...