Criminal Law. One Act Constituting Several Offences

1900 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 714
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2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 457-476
Author(s):  
Chengjing You

Purpose This paper aims to convict the offender of real concurrence offenses of the most severe offense and applying the most severe penalty will result in no distinction between the perpetrator who conducted more than one act and the one who conducted only one act. This approach deviates from the purpose of criminal law. The real concurrence of offenses means several offenses, the perpetrator’s dangerousness and culpability are much higher than the perpetrator who commits just one crime, so combined punishments for several offenses should be applied to the real concurrence of offenses. Design/methodology/approach If the depositors are acquaintances or relatives and friends, the relationship can be explained by “personality trust.” If the depositors are strangers, but they have complied with their duties of care, the deposit relationship can be explained by “system trust.” Findings The real concurrence of offenses means several offenses, the perpetrator’s dangerousness and culpability are much higher than the perpetrator who commits just one crime, so combined punishments for several offenses should be applied to the real concurrence of offenses. Originality/value The principle of choosing the most severe punishment applied to the real concurrence of offense should be abolished. As the perpetrator separately conducts two acts at different times, these acts infringe on different legal interests. Although these acts exist closely, the authors cannot deny that these acts constitute more than one offense.


Legal Studies ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-118
Author(s):  
Graham McBain

The English criminal law has not moved with the times – nor with the increasing emphasis on human rights. Legislation still extant goes back nearly 700 years and is barely intelligible. This paper analyses antiquated criminal and criminal procedure legislation and asserts it should be repealed, being superceded by more modern enactments. It also argues for the consolidation of all criminal (and criminal procedure) legislation for the period 1313–1960 into one Act of around 300 sections. This task would not be complex.


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-13
Author(s):  
István Ambrus

In my article, I examine some of legal opinions of Ferenc Finkey’s with regard to substantive criminal law, from the perspective of today’s criminal lawyer. I present the concept of criminal offence in Finkey’s works, dealing with the issues of unlawfulness and guilt, also pointing to aspects not discussed in the previous literature. In the case of the act of trying to kill a dead person, my opinion is that it is more proper to establish criminal liablity for an unsuitable attempt of homicide instead of excluding liability. Regarding to the continued offence, I accept the the young Finkey’s position, while with regard to the concurrence by one act, I do not agree with Finkey at all. My conclusion is that Ferenc Finkey’s books and articles would be welcome for today’s criminal lawyers to get acquainted with them as well.


2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malin Thunberg Schunke
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