Assignment on Criminal Laws in PDF

Running head: QUESTIONS 0
CRIMINAL LAW

QUESTIONS 1
Explanation of key terms:
1. Actus reus – It is described as the action an individual takes to execute the criminal act.
2. Appellate courts – It is considered as court of law that is authorized to hear an appeal of
lower court or trial court.
3. Arraignment – the arraignment is known as formal reading of criminal charging
document in front of offender to update the offender of the charge in against of offender.
4. Bill of Rights - The Bill of Rights contains first 10 amendments to Constitution of United
states of America.
5. Bills of attainder – it is considered as act of the legislature declaring people or group of
people guilty of certain offences as well as punishing them, often without hearing.
6. Blackstone's Commentaries - it is law of England that make impact on treatise on
English law.
7. Breaches of contract – it is considered as civil wrong, where binding agreement is not
fulfilled by one or more parties.
8. civil disobedience – it is active refusal of citizens to follows law, requirement, order of
the government
9. Constitutional supremacy – it is government system where laws-making independence
of parliamentary supremacy concedes to requirement of Constitution.
10. Criminal trial – it is negotiation procedure of the criminal legislation.
11. Death penalty – it is capital punishment where individual puts to death.

QUESTIONS 2
12. Decisional law – it is legislation developed by legal decision in matters as distinguished
from laws made by legislature.
13. Due process of law – it is judicial need that the state should respect judicial rights that
are owed to an individual.
14. English common law – it is body of law established in England mainly from legal
decision based on customs along with model.
15. Equal protection of the laws – the phrase in 14th Amendment to USA Constitution
wanting that state guarantees similar privileges, rights as well as protections to the
citizens.
16. Error correction function – it is a method, which includes toting parity facts bits to
messages.
17. Ex post facto laws – it is a law that retroactively make changes in judicial consequences
of action before enactment of legislation.
18. Fair hearing – legal proceeding made in a way as to conform to basic concept of justice
as well as equality.
19. Fair notice – it is legal notice whose scope and objective can be determined by an
individual having reasonable competence.
20. Federalism – it is category of government where powers are divided between
governmental unit and central government.
21. Felonies – it is offence considered in USA and legal system as severe than misdemeanor.