LEGAL ST 217 Study Guide - Japan Standard Time, Actus Reus, Shared Decision-Making In Medicine
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In preparation for the exam, let your notes be your guide. Much of chapter 1 in the text is background, so not much to focus on, except the crime control and due process models of criminal justice. Crime control is the thought that the most important function of criminal justice is to repress crime (efficiency) Due process-innocent until proven guilty, right of protection from state. Limiting a precedent. -limit by declaring troublesome language, if a situation is dissimilar enough, limit the precedent in principle (underlying principle of law in question) Remember there are multiple sources of law (ch2). Safeguards: cross examination, diffusion of power presumptions and inferences, burdens of proof. The burden of proof= standard of proof-proof w/o reasonable doubt. Recall the ways of using civil law to address crime- law suits, compensation, asset forteiture. Recall elements of a crime-corpus delicti- actus reus, mens rea, attendant circumstances, specific result.
