Crime is an act or omission which is prohibited by law and is followed by sanctions. It works on the maxim actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea which means “an act does not constitute to a crime unless done with guilty intent”. For an act to constitute a crime there must be some …
“The purpose of criminal law is to express a formal social condemnation of forbidden conduct, buttressed by sanctions calculated to prevent it.” W Friedman. What is crime? When one has to talk about criminal law, the discussion on what is crime is inevitable. In a society where all kinds of humans are co-existing, every human …
