From Criminal Law to Customary Law: Incest as a Sexual Crime

The Criminal Law and Sexual Offenders

The Report on " The Criminal Law and Sexual Offenders prepared by the Joint Committee on Psychiatry and the Law appointed by the British Medical Association and the Magistrates Association, focuses attention upon a part, and perhaps not the most important, of the larger problem of the medical treatment of crime. It will be generally accepted that unless the matter is viewed in perspective, and ...

Criminal Mediation as a Doctrine of Restorative Justice from the Perspective of Law and Ethics

Background: Creating the ground for peace and reconciliation through recourse to arbitration has been one of the common methods of litigation that is rooted in ethics. In the criminal justice system, judicial and police officials are the reference for investigation, inquiry and investigation. The sovereign and their representatives have the exclusive competence and no other person has the autho...

The Formation of Customary 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...

Islamic Law , Customary Law , and Afghan Informal Justice

This report is part of the United States Institute of Peace’s (USIP) ongoing effort to understand the pluralist legal system of Afghanistan. It examines, compares, and contrasts Islamic law with traditional forms of justice in an attempt to elucidate how such rule of law approaches interact as well as provide a fuller understanding of each system to better guide rule of law practice, policy, an...