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History of Criminal Codes

The Sumerian people from what is now Iraq produced the earliest known example of a written set of criminal laws. In Europe one of the earliest documents that highlight criminal law emerged after 1066 when William the Conqueror, the Duke of Normandy, invaded England. Today we have lost connection from where the beginning of criminal codes come from. We adapted these laws from England's common law; however, we have gained some these codes from ancient times such as the Ten commandments. Trials were also common during the Salem witch trials were the people felt as if individuals were practicing witchcraft. We as Americans gained our Independence from England that's why we kept their common law and modernized it to fit our time.

Common Law from the Ten Commandments

1. You shall not murder.
2. You shall not steal.
3. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

These three commandments have traveled over billions of years and have still remained in our modern day law. The law has changed but no so much we have modernized the law and changed the punishment that follows with the certain type of crime.

Criminal Codes

Criminal codes range from country to country and their own set of consequences that follows that crime. For example in the United States if someone is committed of murder they are placed in prison for a number of years; however, in Saudi Arabia if you are convicted of murder you a put to death instantly most common way is to have your head butchered off in from of everyone.

Criminal Law

There are six major types of crime which are:

1) Violent: Includes murder, rape, and sexual assault, robbery, and assault.

2) Property: Crimes that involves the taking pr property, and does not involve force or threat of force against a victim.

3) White Collar: Generic term for crimes involving commercial fraud, cheating consumers, swindled, insider trading on the stock market and other forms of dishonest business schemes.

4) High-Tech: Refers to technology crimes that are conducted using new electronics and digital based computers, such as distributing child pornography, selling or purchasing illegal drugs, laundering money and gambling illegally.

5) Public Order: Crimes dealing with prostitution, paraphilia, pornography, alcohol and drug offenses.

6) Organized: Crimes committed by groups engaged in planned and sustained criminal activities.

Branches of Civil Law

Civil law deal with disputes between private parties or negligent that may cause harm to others. Things that may fall under civil law are as follows:

Contract Law

Deals with agreements between two or more parties, each who are obligated to hold up their portion of the argument. such as lease of an apartment that have dispute over breach of contract. Contracts can be written or oral, but written contracts are taken more seriously.

Tort Law

Handles personal injury and civil wrongdoing. A tort is a civil wrong, done by one person or entity to another which results in injury or property damage, and involves monetary compensation to the injured party. There are three categories of torts:negligence, intentional tort, and strict liability.

Negligence Is unintentionally tort, to which there are four elements that must be satisfied.

1) Duty: The defendant had a duty to act in a reasonable manner

2) Breach of Duty: Meaning that the defendant failed to act reasonable

3) Causation: The defendant's breach of duty must be cause of the plaintiff's injury or loss

4) Damages: Monetary, property, or other loss

Intentionally tort is a deliberate wrongdoing in which the defendant acted with intent to cause harm or injury.

Strict Liability is a tort that does not require actual negligence or intent to inquire. It is based on an absolute or "strict" duty to ensure something is safe like the FDA or EPA.

Reading List

A numbered list of all your readings go here. Use the following format:

• Bureau of Justice Statistics.(2015). Violent Crime.
• The FBI: Federal Bureau of Instigation.(2010). Property Crimes.
• The Free Dictionary By Farlex.(2015). White Collar Crime.
• High Tech Crimes
• Public Order Crime
• Organized Crime
• History of Criminal Law
• Ten Commandments
• Branches of Civil Law

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A criminal code (or penal code) is a document which compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law. Typically a criminal code will contain offences which are recognised in the jurisdiction, penalties which might be imposed for these offences and some general provisions (such as definitions and prohibitions on retroactive prosecution).

Criminal codes are relatively common in civil law jurisdictions, which tend to build legal systems around codes and principles which are relatively abstract and apply them on a case by case basis. Conversely they are rare in common law jurisdictions.

Revised

A penal code is a file that computes all or some jurisdictions of criminal law. The penal codes outline crimes within that area and have the consequences that follows that crime whether a fine or imprisonment . These codes are more present in civil law which contributes to the building of the legal system. Common law doesn't see many of these codes due to much controversy.

History of Criminal Codes

The Sumerian people from what is now Iraq produced the earliest known example of a written set of criminal laws. In Europe one of the earliest documents that highlight criminal law emerged after 1066 when William the Conqueror, the Duke of Normandy, invaded England. Today we have lost connection from where the beginning of criminal codes come from. We adapted these laws from England's common law; however, we have gained some these codes from ancient times such as the Ten commandments. Trials were also common during the Salem witch trials were the people felt as if individuals were practicing witchcraft. We as Americans gained our Independence from England that's why we kept their common law and modernized it to fit our time.

Common Law from the Ten Commandments

1. You shall not murder.
2. You shall not steal.
3. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

These three commandments have traveled over billions of years and have still remained in our modern day law. The law has changed but no so much we have modernized the law and changed the punishment that follows with the certain type of crime.

Criminal Codes

Criminal codes range from country to country and their own set of consequences that follows that crime. For example in the United States if someone is committed of murder they are placed in prison for a number of years; however, in Saudi Arabia if you are convicted of murder you a put to death instantly most common way is to have your head butchered off in from of everyone.

Criminal Law

There are six major types of crime which are:

1) Violent: Includes murder, rape, and sexual assault, robbery, and assault.

2) Property: Crimes that involves the taking pr property, and does not involve force or threat of force against a victim.

3) White Collar: Generic term for crimes involving commercial fraud, cheating consumers, swindled, insider trading on the stock market and other forms of dishonest business schemes.

4) High-Tech: Refers to technology crimes that are conducted using new electronics and digital based computers, such as distributing child pornography, selling or purchasing illegal drugs, laundering money and gambling illegally.

5) Public Order: Crimes dealing with prostitution, paraphilia, pornography, alcohol and drug offenses.

6) Organized: Crimes committed by groups engaged in planned and sustained criminal activities.

Branches of Civil Law

Civil law deal with disputes between private parties or negligent that may cause harm to others. Things that may fall under civil law are as follows:

Contract Law

Deals with agreements between two or more parties, each who are obligated to hold up their portion of the argument. such as lease of an apartment that have dispute over breach of contract. Contracts can be written or oral, but written contracts are taken more seriously.

Tort Law

Handles personal injury and civil wrongdoing. A tort is a civil wrong, done by one person or entity to another which results in injury or property damage, and involves monetary compensation to the injured party. There are three categories of torts:negligence, intentional tort, and strict liability.

Negligence Is unintentionally tort, to which there are four elements that must be satisfied.

1) Duty: The defendant had a duty to act in a reasonable manner

2) Breach of Duty: Meaning that the defendant failed to act reasonable

3) Causation: The defendant's breach of duty must be cause of the plaintiff's injury or loss

4) Damages: Monetary, property, or other loss

Intentionally tort is a deliberate wrongdoing in which the defendant acted with intent to cause harm or injury.

Strict Liability is a tort that does not require actual negligence or intent to inquire. It is based on an absolute or "strict" duty to ensure something is safe like the FDA or EPA.

Reading List

A numbered list of all your readings go here. Use the following format:

• Bureau of Justice Statistics.(2015). Violent Crime.
• The FBI: Federal Bureau of Instigation.(2010). Property Crimes.
• The Free Dictionary By Farlex.(2015). White Collar Crime.
• High Tech Crimes
• Public Order Crime
• Organized Crime
• History of Criminal Law
• Ten Commandments
• Branches of Civil Law

Revised Paragraph

A penal code is a file that computes all or some jurisdictions of criminal law. The penal codes outline crimes within that area and have the consequences that follows that crime whether a fine or imprisonment . These codes are more present in civil law which contributes to the building of the legal system. Common law doesn't see many of these codes due to much controversy.