Download or read book Crime Punishments in Pakistan written by Waqas Ajwad and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whenever you are Visiting a Country, you should know about Laws of that Country. The local laws apply to you as a visitor and it is your responsibility to follow them.As a visitor to a foreign country, you should always respect the local laws and customs of the country you are visiting. Know about Laws so you can avoid getting into trouble, either with the law or by offending the locals.Be sensitive to local customs, traditions and practices as your behaviour may be seen as improper, hostile or even illegal.The Pakistan Penal Code is Law of Pakistan that contains 27 different offenses punishable by death, including blasphemy, rape, sexual intercourse outside of marriage, assault on the modesty of women, and smuggling of drugs. This Code draws its origin from the Indian Penal Code, after several amendments from different governments in Pakistan, the Code is now a mixture of Islamic and English law. This Code provides explanations, definition, and punishment for all type of offenses. Section 302 of the Code governs the punishment for murder.Section 376 states that if and when the act of rape is committed by two or more individuals with common intention like gang rapes the criminals should meet the fate of death or life imprisonment.Although in many countries insults or defamation of any religion such as Islam is not a crime, in Pakistan this is one of the biggest crimes one can commit. Blasphemy is deemed a crime not only under the Code but also under Islamic law.The Code address the penalty and offenses relating to religion under section 295B and C. Subsection B punishes any defamation made against the Holy Qur'an with life imprisonment. Whereas, punishment under subsection C is for any written or spoken words direct or indirect made to defile the 'sacred name of Prophet Muhammad' will be punished by death or life imprisonment.
Download or read book Criminal Justice written by Ch. Abdul Majeed A. Auolakh and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Blasphemy Laws Under the Pakistan Penal Code written by Fatima Tariq and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Akademische Arbeit aus dem Jahr 2019 im Fachbereich Jura - Strafrecht, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: The point of discussion of this paper is to have a detailed overview of blasphemy laws under the "Pakistan Penal Code". This paper will begin by discussing what blasphemy is, then it will discuss the blasphemy laws in Pakistan with the historical background. It will explain the landmark blasphemy case: Mst. Asia Bibi v The State. The critical review of the Asia Bibi Case will be given in this paper at hand. This paper will briefly discuss the flaws in sec on 295C and how it is causing injustices in society and further discusses how it is misused against minorities and discriminates against people on the basis of their religion. Furthermore, it will be discussed how blasphemy laws are causing serious threats to society, perhaps destroying the religious harmony in the society. In addition to that this paper will also discuss these laws in the light of Islam. In the end, it will give some recommendations to make this law compatible with society.
Download or read book Pakistan Penal Code 1860 written by Zahid Sultan Advocate and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-11 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pakistan Penal Code by Zahid Sultan Advocate, a distinguished scholar and an eminent jurist of International repute is a classic work in criminal law. It has been adjudged as the best text book on the subject. The present edition of this critical and comprehensive study of the Indian Penal Code has been extensively revised and updated. With the help of examples, illustrations and elucidatory notes complex subjects have been explained in simple style so that readers could grasp the subjects easily. Excellent Annexures dealing with the rights of the accused, victims of crime and guidelines to effective study and understanding of criminal law have enhanced the worth and utility of the book. The cases that have upheld the concept of right to compensation to the victims of rape, even to a foreign national; accountability of public servants and ministers for arbitrary exercise of discretionary powers; personal liability for contempt of court; absolute liability against environmental and hazardous crimes; State accountability for police crimes, custodial death, atrocities on women and human rights violations; manufacturer's liability for criminal negligence etc. , have been elaborately discussed. Crime against women, bride burning, dowry death and sexual harassment at workplace have also been incorporated. World wide trend to abolish death sentence and legalize Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS), euthanasia and mercy killing, right to die vis-a-vis right not to die; right to life of the unborn vis-a-vis women's right to privacy to seek termination of pregnancy, are some of the fascinating topics that form part of the book. The recent case of National Legal Service Authority in which Supreme Court has recognized members of T. G. Community as "Third Gender" and conferred all legal and constitutional rights under Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution has been discussed in detail. The question of desirability of death sentence for a rapist in the light of a great demand by a large section of the society and women organizations in particular has been critically examined in the context of American case of Anthony Cooker v. State of Georgia (1997) prohibiting death sentence for rape, being disproportionate, cruel and unusual punishment contrary to the VIII and XIV Amendments to the U. S. Constitution. Rape under English Law, which has been drastically amended vide Sexual Offences Act, 2003 and in many other countries etc. , have been elaborately discussed. For instance, rape under English law is no more confined to a man. A woman can also be convicted for rape and it can be either vaginal or anal or by mouth. Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 13 of 2013 that has drastically redrafted the provisions relating to sexual offences under sections 375, 376, 376A, 376B, 376C, 376D and 376E and sexual harassment, assault with intent to disrobe a woman, voyeurism and stalking etc. have been extensively discussed. Apart from Pakistani decisions, leading judgments decided by the courts of the United Kingdom, United States of America, Northern Ireland, Germany, France, South Africa, Australia, Canada, Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Singapore and European countries, etc. , have been discussed at the appropriate places. To apprise the readers about the Penal Code at a glance, a new chapter entitled General Introduction has been added. The book is not only an ocean of information for students but also a valuable handbook for teachers besides being useful for the practitioners, social scientists, NGOs, law-makers, Judges and the courts entrusted with the dispersion of criminal justice in India and elsewhere. Text Book on the Pakistan Penal Code by Zahid Sultan Adv, a distinguished scholar and an eminent jurist of International repute is a classic work in criminal law. It has been adjudged as the best text book on the subject. The present edition of this critical and comprehensive study
Download or read book Lectures on the Pakistan Penal Code written by Lutful Kabir and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Crime without Punishment written by Lawrence M. Friedman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this compelling book, Lawrence M. Friedman looks at situations where killing is condemned by law but not by social norms and, therefore, is rarely punished. He shows how penal codes categorize homicides by degree of intent, which are in turn based on society's sense of moral outrage. Despite being officially defined as murder, many homicides have historically gone unpunished. Friedman looks at early vigilante justice, crimes of passion, murder of necessity, mercy killings, and assisted suicides. In his explorations of these unpunished homicides, Friedman probes what these circumstances tell us about conflicts in social and cultural norms, and the interaction of law and society.
Download or read book The Application of Islamic Criminal Law in Pakistan written by Tahir Wasti and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No legal system in the world has aroused as much public interest as Sharia. However, the discourse around Sharia law is largely focussed on its development and the theories, principles and rules that inform it. Less attention has been given to studying the consequences of its operation, particularly in the area of Islamic criminal law. Even fewer studies explore the actual practice of Islamic criminal law in contemporary societies. This book aims to fill these gaps in our understanding of Sharia law in practice. It deals specifically with the consequences of enforcing Islamic criminal law in Pakistan, providing an in-depth and critical analysis of the application of the Islamic law of Qisas and Diyat (retribution and blood money) in the Muslim world today. The empirical evidence adduced more broadly demonstrates the complications of applying traditional Sharia in a modern state.
Download or read book The Death Penalty written by Roger G. Hood and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2008 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 4th edition edition of this classic study has been thoroughly revised to provide up-to-date information on the scope and practice of capital punishment and the movement, backed by international organizations and human rights treaties, to abolish the death penalty worldwide. As in previouseditions, it draws on Roger Hood's experience as consultant to the United Nations for the Secretary General's five-yearly surveys of capital punishment as well as the latest information from non-governmental organizations and the academic literature.Not only have more countries - such as the Phillipines - abolished capital punishment, but amongst those that retain the death penalty, fewer have been carrying out executions. Legal challenges to the mandatory imposition of capital punishment have been successful, as has the movement to abolish thedeath penalty for those who commit a capital crime when under the age of 18. Of particular interest is the situation in China, where all death sentences are to be reviewed by the People's Supreme Court. Support for capital punishment is waning in the USA, where concern is mounting as evidence ofconviction of the innocent grows, and where there have been renewed challenges to the constitutionality of the death penalty.Despite the many advances towards world-wide abolition, this book reveals many human rights abuses where the death penalty still exists. These include the wide range of crimes still subject to capital punishment in some countries, the lack of protection from police abuse, unfair trials, lack ofaccess to qualified defence counsel, terrible conditions and excessive periods of time spent on 'death row', and public and painful forms of execution. Roger Hood and Carolyn Hoyle engage with the latest debates on the realities of capital punishment, especially the claim that the death penalty is a uniquely effective deterrent to murder and other serious crimes. This edition brings up-to-date the discussion of whether capital punishment can everbe administered equitably, without discrimination or error, and, for the first time, considers the alternatives to capital punishment, especially the problems associated with a mandatory sentence to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. This edition also considers the role andinfluence of victims' families and victim interest movements.
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Criminal Law written by Markus D Dubber and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2014-11-27 with total page 1294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of Criminal Law reflects the continued transformation of criminal law into a global discipline, providing scholars with a comprehensive international resource, a common point of entry into cutting edge contemporary research and a snapshot of the state and scope of the field. To this end, the Handbook takes a broad approach to its subject matter, disciplinarily, geographically, and systematically. Its contributors include current and future research leaders representing a variety of legal systems, methodologies, areas of expertise, and research agendas. The Handbook is divided into four parts: Approaches & Methods (I), Systems & Methods (II), Aspects & Issues (III), and Contexts & Comparisons (IV). Part I includes essays exploring various methodological approaches to criminal law (such as criminology, feminist studies, and history). Part II provides an overview of systems or models of criminal law, laying the foundation for further inquiry into specific conceptions of criminal law as well as for comparative analysis (such as Islamic, Marxist, and military law). Part III covers the three aspects of the penal process: the definition of norms and principles of liability (substantive criminal law), along with a less detailed treatment of the imposition of norms (criminal procedure) and the infliction of sanctions (prison law). Contributors consider the basic topics traditionally addressed in scholarship on the general and special parts of the substantive criminal law (such as jurisdiction, mens rea, justifications, and excuses). Part IV places criminal law in context, both domestically and transnationally, by exploring the contrasts between criminal law and other species of law and state power and by investigating criminal law's place in the projects of comparative law, transnational, and international law.
Download or read book Crime and Punishment in Islamic Law written by Rudolph Peters and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 2006, is an account of the theory and practice of Islamic criminal law.
Download or read book Crimes and Punishments written by James Anson Farrer and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book MEDIA LAW AND ETHICS written by M. NEELAMALAR and published by PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.. This book was released on 2009-11-03 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed as a textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students of journalism, mass communication, visual communi-cation, electronic media and other related media courses, this compact text provides a detailed description of the rules, acts and ethics concerning print, electronic, film and advertising media as prevalent in India. The book begins with the history of media law in India and discusses the specific provisions in the Constitution of India which are essential for a journalist to know. It then goes on to define the concepts of freedom of media, defamation and Intellectual Property Rights. Besides, the text discusses in detail the provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code relevant to the media. In addition to covering different types of cyber crimes such as hacking, cracking and e-mail bombing, it includes regulations related to film media and advertising. Finally, the book throws light on media law concerning women and children. The book also includes several important cases to enable students to relate various acts and regulations to real-life situations. Besides students, journalists and other media professionals who cover courts and law-related beats would also find this book immensely valuable.
Download or read book An Essay on Crimes and Punishments written by Cesare Beccaria and published by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the fourth edition, which contains an additional text attributed to Voltaire. Originally published anonymously in 1764, Dei Delitti e Delle Pene was the first systematic study of the principles of crime and punishment. Infused with the spirit of the Enlightenment, its advocacy of crime prevention and the abolition of torture and capital punishment marked a significant advance in criminological thought, which had changed little since the Middle Ages. It had a profound influence on the development of criminal law in Europe and the United States.
Download or read book Atrocity Punishment and International Law written by Mark A. Drumbl and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-04-30 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that accountability for extraordinary atrocity crimes should not uncritically adopt the methods and assumptions of ordinary liberal criminal law. Criminal punishment designed for common criminals is a response to mass atrocity and a device to promote justice in its aftermath. This book comes to this conclusion after reviewing the sentencing practices of international, national, and local courts and tribunals that punish atrocity perpetrators. Sentencing practices of these institutions fail to attain the goals that international criminal law ascribes to punishment, in particular retribution and deterrence. Fresh thinking is necessary to confront the collective nature of mass atrocity and the disturbing reality that individual membership in group-based killings is often not maladaptive or deviant behavior but, rather, adaptive or conformist behavior. This book turns to a modern, and adventurously pluralist, application of classical notions of cosmopolitanism to advance the frame of international criminal law to a broader construction of atrocity law and towards an interdisciplinary, contextual, and multicultural conception of justice.
Download or read book Crime Or Custom written by Samya Burney and published by Human Rights Watch. This book was released on 1999 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Role of the Police
Download or read book Women the Koran and International Human Rights Law written by Niaz A. Shah and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion plays a pivotal role in the way women are treated around the world, socially and legally. This book discusses three Islamic human rights approaches: secular, non-compatible, reconciliatory (compatible), and proposes a contextual interpretive approach. It is argued that the current gender discriminatory statutory Islamic laws in Islamic jurisdictions, based on the decontextualised interpretation of the Koran, can be reformed through "Ijtihad": independent individual reasoning. It is claimed that the original intention of the Koran was to protect the rights of women and raise their status in society, not to relegate them to subordination. This Koranic intention and spirit may be recaptured through the proposed contextual interpretation which in fact means using an Islamic (or insider) strategy to achieve gender equality in Muslim states and greater compatibility with international human rights law. It discusses the negative impact of the so-called statutory Islamic laws of Pakistan on the enjoyment of women's human rights and robustly challenges their Koranic foundation. While supporting the international human rights regime, this book highlights the challenges to its universality: feminism and cultural relativism. To achieve universal application, genuine voices from different cultures and groups must be accommodated. It is argued that the women's human rights regime does not cover all issues of concern to women and has a weak implementation mechanism. The book argues for effective implementation procedures to turn women's human rights into reality.
Download or read book Crime and Punishment around the World 4 volumes written by Graeme R. Newman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-10-19 with total page 1772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive, detailed account explores crime and punishment throughout the world through the eyes of leading experts, local authors and scholars, and government officials. It is a subject as old as civil society, yet one that still fuels debate. Now the many and varied aspects of that subject are brought together in the four-volume Crime and Punishment around the World. This unprecedented work provides descriptions of crimes—and the justice systems that define and punish them—in more than 200 nations, principalities, and dependencies. Each chapter examines the historical, political, and cultural background, as well as the basic organization of the subject state's legal and criminal justice system. It also reports on the types and levels of crime, the processes leading to the finding of guilt, the rights of the accused, alternatives to going to trial, how suspects are prosecuted for their crimes, and the techniques and conditions of typical punishments employed. Comprising a study that is at once extraordinarily comprehensive and minutely detailed, the essays collected here showcase the variety and the universality of crime and punishment the world over.
