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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A new criminal law amendment bill had been drawn up in 1909.
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Accordingly the use or threat of violence in connection with a prison mutiny can be dealt with under the general criminal law .
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All said the system as set out in the Bill could involve the criminal law .
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Another difficulty in the Gouriet case was that the applicant sought an injunction to restrain a threatened breach of the criminal law .
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In both, it is assumed that the criminal law can and should be used to protect or to reinforce moral principles.
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Mental disease caused by drunkenness is in criminal law treated as on the same footing with insanity.
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This violates such deep-seated feelings of justice that it has proved to be unacceptable under any criminal law jurisdiction.
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Two problematical areas in modern-day criminal law are dishonesty and intention.