SPEA-J - Public And Environmental Affairs SPEA-J 301 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Poena, Certiorari, Vagueness
28 Aug 2016
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Certiorari: a form of review of lower court decisions by the ussc; discretionary w/ the. Habeas corpus: a writ that compels the authority holding a person to explain the basis for that holding; used frequently for prisoners to attack the constitutionality of their imprisonment; often called post-conviction relief laws. Public law: laws or statutes that apply to all people w/in a state or nation. Criminology: the sociological & psychological study of the causes, development, and control of crime. Forensic science: scientific principles used in courts of law. Police power: the inherent power of every state & local gov. , subject to constitutional limits, to enact criminal laws. Nulla poena sine lege: no punishment w/o law ; the principle of legality; no act should be made criminal or punished w/o advance warning in the form of legislative act. Felony: the most serious grade of crime; could face 1 year in prison.
