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    the Border. Scottish criminal law can also be found in the statute books of the Scottish Parliament such as the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 (2009...
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  • Criminal law is the body of law that relates to crime. It prescribes conduct perceived as threatening, harmful, or otherwise endangering to the property...
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    The Scottish court in the Netherlands was a special sitting of the High Court of Justiciary set up under Scots law in a former United States Air Force...
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    The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) is an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government, established by the Criminal...
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    Scots law (Scottish Gaelic: Lagh na h-Alba) is the legal system of Scotland. It is a hybrid or mixed legal system containing civil law and common law elements...
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  • (Scots: No pruiven, Scottish Gaelic: gun dearbhadh) is a verdict available to a court of law in Scotland. Under Scots law, a criminal trial may end in one...
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    hung jury is not possible in Scottish criminal law. In the past some people were executed on majority verdicts in Scotland, such as Susan Newell, who had...
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    The High Court of Justiciary (Scottish Gaelic: Àrd-chùirt a' Cheartais) is the supreme criminal court in Scotland. The High Court is both a trial court...
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    English criminal law concerns offences, their prevention and the consequences, in England and Wales. Criminal conduct is considered to be a wrong against...
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    Ministerial Department of the Scottish Government. The department is headed by His Majesty's Lord Advocate, who under the Scottish legal system is responsible...
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  • Criminal procedure is the adjudication process of the criminal law. While criminal procedure differs dramatically by jurisdiction, the process generally...
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  • Culpable homicide (category Scottish criminal law)
    Corporate Homicide Act 2007 Criminal Code (Canada) Scottish criminal law Criminal Code, RSC 1985, c C-46, s 222. Criminal Code, RSC 1985, c C-46, s 34...
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  • Subornation of perjury (category Scottish criminal law)
    attorney knows to be materially false, and not factual. In civil law and in criminal law, the attorney's knowledge that the testimony is materially false...
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    in Scots law David J. Christie; Susan R. Moody (1999). "The Work of Precognition Agents in Criminal Cases" (PDF). Scottish Government. Scottish Executive...
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  • Preliminary hearing (category Scottish criminal law)
    the Crown to bring criminal cases to trial, the Crown has started to use the direct indictment procedure more frequently. In Scotland, a preliminary hearing...
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    The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (2016 asp 1) is an Act of the Scottish Parliament which reformed criminal practice and procedure in Scotland. The...
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  • The importance of corroboration is unique to Scots criminal law. A long-standing feature of Scots law, the requirement for corroborating evidence means...
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  • Criminal Justice Information Services is a department of the Scottish Police Services Authority. Previously called the Scottish Criminal Record Office...
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    French criminal law is "the set of legal rules that govern the State's response to offenses and offenders". It is one of the branches of the juridical...
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  • People Scots law Scottish Children's Reporter Administration Scottish Social Services Council "National Care Service (Scotland) Bill". Scottish Parliament...
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    courts of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Cùirtean na h-Alba) are responsible for administration of justice in Scotland, under statutory, common law and equitable...
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  • Stouthrief (category Scottish criminal law)
    A practical treatise on the criminal law of Scotland Sloan (25 August 2011). "Hamesucken is alive and well in Scots Law". Prout de Jure. Retrieved 8...
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    The Criminal Law Act 1967 (c. 58) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made some major changes to English criminal law, as part of wider...
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  • Murder conviction without a body (category Scottish criminal law)
    identify them; Haigh was found guilty and hanged. In 1951, New Zealand criminal George Cecil Horry was convicted of the murder of his wife, although her...
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    Affairs is the member of the Scottish Government responsible for Police Scotland, the courts and criminal justice, and the Scottish Prison Service, which manages...
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    Under the law of Scotland, mobbing, also known as mobbing and rioting, is the formation of a mob engaged in disorderly and criminal behaviour. The crime...
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    Justice of the peace court (category Scottish criminal law)
    area under summary procedure only. The Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 enabled the Scottish Ministers to replace district courts...
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  • procedure". The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 was introduced in order to "modernise and enhance the efficiency of the Scottish criminal justice system...
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  • Lord Advocate in Scottish criminal proceedings as the head of the systems of prosecution in Scotland. The Welsh Government has its own law officer: the Counsel...
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  • Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006 put the SDEA on a statutory footing and renamed it as the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement...
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