CRIMINAL LAW

Criminal Law

Criminal Law

Introduction

International criminal law is an independent branch of public international law regulating the cooperation of States in the fight against international crimes, their detection, investigation and punishment. It differs significantly from classical international law so that the subject of its regulation is primarily a person who has committed some act, not the state as a whole (Steiner & Goodman, 2008).

After the Second World War was created by an international tribunal, it was called to condemn war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the Nazis. The Nuremberg Tribunal held its first meeting November 20 in 1945, and ruled September 30 (October 1) 1946 year. A similar tribunal was established to investigate war crimes in Japan (International Military Tribunal for the Far East). He has worked with 1946 for 1948 year.

Nature of different state criminal statutes

The U.S. Courts are a hierarchical structure with the U.S. Appeals Court and U.S. Supreme Court have ultimate authority and either of these two Courts can render decisions that affect criminal statutes in any state in the nation. Legislatures do not always get it right the first time when they draft criminal statutes and challenges can result in laws being declared unconstitutional for violating the rights of the accused.

The Purpose of Criminal Laws

Consequences are usually unpleasant and an extract from the breaker of the law or his liberty or his property. Once someone is convicted of a crime or a crime or offense, the penalty is imposed. Reasons for the punishment of offenders are diverse, and in some cases, the cause may vary depending on the offense. Each cause has its purpose. The main reasons are: Retribution or vengeance (Slaughter, 1993).

A crime is considered an act which is not only detrimental to a specific victim, but also harms society as a whole. Harmful actions of the person may outrage the general public. This leads to a thirst for vengeance and punishment of the criminal seeks to meet this need. In addition, having a person shall be punished by society provides some degree of revenge for the specific victim of an act.

Impacts of Different statues Laws

Punishment

Jail or prison as a whole extends to the seriousness of the crime. Longer term ends of retribution and deterrence, as well as serve other purposes. The longer a person is in custody, less likely that person to commit new crimes. This is especially true for repeat offenders, so there was movement in the direction of laws known as the three strikes which impose lengthy prison terms or even life imprisonment on persons with multiple convictions (Slaughter, 1995).

When the offender has not been constrained to punish, to protect potential victims, the offender becomes an important factor. Long jail or prison sentences for persons with multiple DUI are becoming common as the protection of society (Armstrong & Lambert, 2007).

Rehabilitation

There is also the value that each human life has meaning and value that there is a spark of goodness in everyone, even those who decided to violate the ...