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One act = one crime = one penalty? And why does it matter?
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One act = one crime = one penalty? And why does it matter?
2019-03-07 0
Image by geralt on pixabay Law vs. math In our everyday life, we tend to intuitively treat deeds of others depending on their quantity and quality. It is probably explicable in terms of sociology. For example, watch a great piece of a monologue by Tom Hanks in Steven Spielberg’s “Bridge of Spies” on 5 people […]
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In your face (ID)!
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In your face (ID)!
2018-10-04 0
foto by freepik.com The manufacturer of your brand new, shiny, geeky smartphone promised that their fingerprint or face sensor is the gamechanger in digital security? Unhackable encryption? Great! But does the law provides you with the same confidence? Well, let’s see… Old laws in a brave new world Every now and then we hear that […]
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Jurassic World and criminal causation
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Jurassic World and criminal causation
2018-09-20 0
Just to waive any responsibility to the Readers – there will be spoilers from Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. If you have not yet seen the movie – please do and then return to (hopefully) share the below-described concerns. Dino-facts (spoilers) Recently I have watched the second installment of a blockbuster Jurassic World – JW: Fallen […]
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“Oh, pardon”! Royal prerogative in the 21st-century republic. On courts and governments.
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“Oh, pardon”! Royal prerogative in the 21st-century republic. On courts and governments.
2018-04-04 0
Last resort Presidential power of pardon isn’t something unique even in modern republics. This genetically royal prerogative is vested in the hands of a country’s chief executive. It serves as a last resort when criminal law system has no other means of flexibility. I remain a little bit indifferent about that power as such, but […]
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Do’s and don’ts of criminal legislation. Law against „Polish death camps” and why it won’t work
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Do’s and don’ts of criminal legislation. Law against „Polish death camps” and why it won’t work
2018-02-02 0
In the begining there is an idea… Now and then legislators decide on drafting criminal provisions that are, despite all good intentions, bond to backfire. Backfire hard… But let’s start from the very beginning. It is quite clear for every criminal lawyer that legislator may criminalize behavior that is deemed wrong, harmful and undesirable. Criminalization […]
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