Action Theory and Criminal Law

Weak-Minded Responsibility in Iranian Criminal Law and Egyptian Law

In Iran's criminal law, humans are not only divided into wise or insane they are also persons who, on the one hand, do not fall under Article 149 of the Islamic Penal Code in the definition of insane persons and on the other hand, they are not wise, the rational age of these people is lower than their child's physical age that Affected by mental disorder and mental retardation. Article 91 of th...

Determinism and Criminal Law

Psychiatry and Criminal Law

Legal and Ethical Principles of Criminalization in Iran’s Criminal Law

Background: The criminal code is the rules that restrict the rights and freedoms of a person to ensure peaceful coexistence. What behavior should be prohibited and which one can be removed from the circle of legal acts. How can the word ethics in the world of law refer to ethical and literary means from the past, and is called the tradition of morality, in the sense of moral standards? On the b...

Criminal Law: Federal Criminal Code Section

SECTION 1001 of the Criminal Code provides criminal sanctions against persons who deal fraudulently with government agencies.1 Although the origin of the statute dates from 1863,2 only recently have Government attorneys made frequent use of its provisions. In United States v. Diogo, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit supplemented the increasing body of judicial interpretation of sectio...