Exam 4: Criminal Law

Typically civil lawsuits seek:

Which of the following would not be categorized as a felony?

Answer each part of the following questions with succinct and comprehensive information by citing examples of various models, laws, and justice theories in your answer. -Procedural defenses make the claim that the defendant was in some manner discriminated against in the justice process or that some important aspect of official procedure was not properly followed.List and define four of these defenses while commenting on their good and bad points.

_________________ of a crime are specific legal aspects of a criminal offense that the prosecution must prove to obtain a conviction.

Which of the following is a justification defense?

Answer each part of the following questions with succinct and comprehensive information by citing examples of various models, laws, and justice theories in your answer. -As defenses,justifications claim a kind of moral high ground.Justifications may be offered by people who find themselves forced to choose between "two evils." Generally speaking,conduct that a person believes is necessary to avoid harm to himself or to another is justifiable if the harm he is trying to avoid is greater than the harm the law defining the offense seeks to avoid.Define and discuss three of the six categories that are applicable to this defense.Discuss their good and bad points.

Which type of law refers to the body of regulations that the government creates to control the activities of industry,business,and individuals?

The coexistence of (1)an act in violation of the law and (2)a culpable mental state is called ______________________.

The M'Naghten rule,The Durham rule,and the Brawner rule all are connected with insanity defense in criminal court.Describe each rule and emphasize the difference between the three.

What is the purpose of law? What would a society without laws be like?

Which of the following types of law is based on the assumption that acts injure not just individuals,but society as a whole?

______________ is an improper or illegal inducement to crime by agents of law enforcement.

What four broad categories of criminal defenses does our legal system recognize? Under what circumstances might each be employed?

Civil law provides a formal means for regulating noncriminal relationships among persons,business,and other agencies of government.

Match the term in the numbered column with the answer in the lettered column. -A legal defense in which the defendant claims that some personal condition or circumstance at the time of the act was such that he or she should not be held accountable under the criminal law.

Corpus delicti literally means "the body of the crime."