INSTITUTIONAL CORRECTION CHAPTER 2 Flashcards
in the beginning of civilization, acts are characterized by behavioral controls categorized as: forbidden acts, accepted acts, and those acts that are encouraged.
THE PRIMITIVE SOCIETY
crimes, violence, rebellious acts and other acts, which are expressly prohibited by the society fall as?
Forbidden acts.
are those that can be beneficial to the welfare of the society such as early traditions and practices, folways, norms, those that are controlled by social rules, and laws.
Accepted acts
are anything approved by the majority which is believed to be beneficial to the common good.
Encourage acts
ENUMERATE THE 3 MAIN LEGAL SYSTEMS IN THE WORLD
Roman
Mohammedan or Arabic
Anglo-American laws
Among the three, which has the most lasting and the most prevailing influence?
Roman law
Oldest Code known to man
Institutes fines of monetary compensation for bodily damage, as opposed to the late rlex - talionis “an eye for an eye” principle of Babylonian law
Murder, robbery, adultery and rape were capital offenses.
CODE OF UR-NAMMU
formally Corpus Juris Civillis (Body of Civil Law)
A revision of the 12 tables of Roman Law
Justinian Code
represented the earliest codification of Roman law incorporated into the Justinian code. It is a collection of legal principles engraved on metal tablets and set up on the forum.
The Twelve Tables
a harsh code that provides the same punishment for both citizens and the slaves as it incorporate primitive concepts.
Greek Code of Draco
this law repealed Draco’s laws and allowed capital punishment only for a limited number of serious offenses, such as murder or military or political offenses against the state. It also gave the right of representation of every person to claim redress on behalf of another to whom wrong was being done.
Solon’s Law
specified punishment according to the social class of offesners, dividing them into: nobles, middle class, lower class and specifying the value of life each person according to social status.
Burgundian Code
the Burgunian Code was revised by?
King Sigismund
It is the redress that the state takes against an offending member of society that usually involved pain and suffering.
Punishment
ENUMERATE THE PURPOSES OR JUSTIFICATION OF PUNISHMENT
Retribution
Expiation or Atonement
Deterrence
Incapacitation and Protection
Reformation or Rehabilitation