penal law
Codes governing punishment
Penal law is the body of law concerned with crimes and their punishment—another term for criminal law.
It encompasses statutes defining offenses, procedures for prosecution, and penalties for conviction.
The penal law distinguishes between misdemeanors and felonies.
Some jurisdictions title their criminal codes "Penal Law" or "Penal Code."
- criminal codeLaws defining offenses and penalties
- offenseViolation or umbrage
- criminal offenseUnlawful act prosecutable by state
- judgeOne who decides
- mens reaBlameworthy mental state
misdemeanor · felony · proportionality · prison sentence · culpability · correctional · parole board · codification · cell · criminal record · punishment · sentencing · justice · due process · deterrence · three strikes · trial · retribution
- Hammurabi's Codeeye for an eye, stele, cuneiform, Babylon, tablets
- Hanafi Lawijma, legal reasoning, mufti, fatwa, legal rulings
- criminal courtstrials, courtroom, verdicts, defendants, accused
- state lawstate statutes, state laws, state constitutions, state code, state constitution
- Islamic Lawsharia, Sharia, Shariah, fatwa, fatwas
- Roman LawCorpus Juris Civilis, Justinian Code, Twelve Tables, Digest, Paul
penal lawcivil law
Law governing private disputes
civil litigation · tort law · contract law · commercial law · administrative law
penal lawrestorative justice
Conflict resolution through mutual healing
mediation · arbitration · reconciliation · community justice
penal lawamnesty
Group pardon from authorities
decriminalization · pardon · immunity · legalization · liberalization
law, penalty, lawful, penalize, legality, penal, penalties, penalized, penalizing