LS202 Lecture Notes - Public Law, Moral Panic, Private Law
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R. v. drummond pallet gun into vagina. Common law is case law, linking back to past cases. If you won in criminal court you have a better chance of winning a civil suit: 1) exorcism, 2) punishment and death used to destroy the devil. Witches 1400-1700 bc killed many: witchcraft was one of the most common crimes in europe in the 17th. Century: moral panic tend to make you worry about something more than you should (terrorist attacks, natural disasters, disease, end of the world)