AJ 010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Contempt Of Court, Moe Williams

• School: Pasadena City College
• Department: Administration of Justice
• Course: AJ 010
• Professor: Gallon

Document Summary

Contempt of court consists in unlawfully and intentionally. Violating the dignity, repute or authority of a judicial body or a judicial officer in his judicial capacity; or. Publishing information or comment concerning a pending judicial proceeding which has the tendency to influence the outcome of the proceeding or to interfere with the administration of justice in that proceeding. The crime is characterised by the following unusual features: Because of this the crime can in a sense be subdivided into a number of. Sub-offences , which often have requirements of their own. These particular forms of the crime will be discussed separately below. In fact, the expression contempt of court can be regarded as a collective noun for a number of different crimes that have certain features in common. Secondly, certain cases of contempt of court are dealt with, not by the ordinary criminal processes, but by civil law.