Title: Criminal Illegality as the Essence of Crime
Abstract: In criminal law sphere,the essence of crime is not social harm but criminal illegality.It is the only requirement for an act to be regarded as a crime.It includes not only the objective aspect but also the subjective aspect of an act,and both are regarded be against the law.The real meaning of criminal illegality is that it is not the legal provisions but the legal norms which are violated.When we refer to a crime as an act which violated criminal law,we mean the enacted law but not the ideal law or public policies.
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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