3. In actions for damages, or for torts, matters are frequently proved in mitigation of damages. In an action for criminal conversation with the plaintiff's wife, for example, evidence may be given of the wife's general bad character for want of chastity; or of particular acts of adultery...
criminal lawmitigationsdefenseshomicidecommon law provocationextreme mental or emotional disturbanceEMEDdiminished capacitymental illness negating an offense elementMINOEThe essay surveys the law in the fifty-two American jurisdictions with regard to the three doctrines that commonly provide a mitigation or ...
the international community today, there has been long-standing phenomenon of light punishment to criminal malfeasance, which is not only incompatible with the international trend, but also conflict with the basic principles of China's Criminal Law and the criminal policy of both strict and lenient....
The article focuses on professor Neil MacCormick's institutional theory of law, miscarriages of justice in criminal trials and the statutory basis for appe... B Sangha,R Moles - Zentralbl Bakteriol B 被引量: 24发表: 2014年 Law, Common Sense and the Authority of Science: Expert Witnesses and...
6.Until 2017, she worked as a court advocate and a mitigation specialist at the Osborne Association in Brooklyn, focusing on individuals involved in criminal court cases in the five boroughs. 7.“The laws of this state permit the hearing of evidence to ascertain the degree of responsibility. ...
Being in front of a jury can bring difficulties different from neurotypical defendants. Clients with Autism at trial should be handled differently. It is well known that most criminal cases plead out and do not go to trial. However, this is not the case for all criminal matters. In any tri...
In contract law the non-breaching party should mitigate damages or risk a reduction in recovery for the breach. For example, assume that a property owner and home builder contract for the construction of a home in exchange for payment of $50,000. Assume further that the builder begins constru...
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been offered as a basis for criminal defenses, including insanity, unconsciousness, self-defense, diminished capac... O Berger,DE Mcniel,RL Binder - 《Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry & the Law》 被引量: 26发表: 2012年 Between conviction ...
But certainly there will be some experts, what they call mitigation experts, who will, again, talk about the fact he had no criminal history, no violent history and also talk about the horrors of life in prison, you know, saying it's no walk in the park. CNN Transcript Dec 1, 2004 ...
Legal Vice Presidency annual report FY 2011 : the World Bank and the rule of law going forward, emphasizing better alignment of legal services to advance the Bank's strategic agenda; increased and strengthened legal risk identification and mitigation; and the modernization of internal governance and...