LGST 101- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 62 pages long!)

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Mens rea reading: corporate bodies and guilty minds, jewell more more, exam cases have factual cause but no legal cause. Sources of law: primary, cases- written decisions by judges, statutes or legislative law (often codified, constitutions (state and federal, administrative law and regulations, secondary, legal scholarship. Yes bc whites deserving of death aren"t given capital punishment. Tags: retribution, deterrence, incapacitation, rehabilitation, restorative justice: retribution- is at the heart of just about all judicial systems that deal with law and order. The punishment should help to deter future harmful conduct. This concept is different from the theory of specific deterrence in which an offender is punished to make him/her understand the specific consequences of his/her offense. Reparation: restorative justice is a philosophy that focuses on repairing the harm caused to people and relationships as a result of crime. Conduct: keeler v. superior court (1970 - criminal law.