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Founded in 2000, the Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law is the primary criminal law review in the western United States. BJCL is at the core of Berkeley's vibrant criminal law community, which includes the Berkeley Center for Criminal Justice and an intellectual student body that is ideologically diverse but uniformly dedicated to excellence in criminal law. BJCL operates with the advisement of Boalt Hall faculty. The journal is available in print and on LexisNexis, Westlaw, and HeinOnline.
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Criminal Law is the branch of law involving actions brought by the State or Federal government for violations of law that carry with them fines, jail, or other forms of punishment. By contrast, civil law involves legal actions individuals or business entities bring against each other for money damages or injunctive relief. In the area of criminal law, State and Federal officials prosecute harmful acts committed against the public, according to State and Federal penal codes established by Congress or state legislatures.
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Unlike many other casebooks which merely cite the Model Penal Code, Criminal Law discusses various state statutes, helping students to understand how similar crimes are treated in different jurisdictions. In addition, this book does contain numerous references throughout to the Model Penal Code and the various other proposed codes.
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In most U.S. law schools, the basic course in criminal law is based upon the Model Penal Code and examination of Anglo-American common law. Crimes in the U.S. which are outlawed nearly universally, such as murder and rape are occasionally referred to as malum in se, while other crimes reflecting society's social attitudes and morality, such as drug prohibition and alcohol laws are referred to as malum prohibitum.
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ACCESS applauds the Dearborn City Council for passing a resolution on December 7, 2004, opposing the Clear Law Enforcement for Criminal Alien Removal (CLEAR) Act. The CLEAR Act mandates that local law enforcement officers enforce federal immigration laws. The Act was introduced in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate.
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This workbook sets out to introduce you to the criminal law's response to a variety of non-fatal, non-sexual offences of violence against the person. It is designed primarily with undergraduate students of law in mind, though others who are interested in the law concerning non-fatal violence might find it useful. The emphasis is on the substantive law and the general principles which underlie it; the workbook is not concerned with procedural, evidential or sentencing matters.
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