第七课 Criminal Law 法律英语课件培训资料.ppt

Lesson Seven;It is better to fight for justice than to rail at the ill.Alfreds Tennyson, British writer　 与其责骂罪恶，不如伸张正义。英国作家 丁尼生 A　 ;Background;刑法的三个主要问题;2018/5/30;TEXT Homicide ;Justifiable homicide;Excusable homicide;Criminal homicide——有罪杀人;The elements of the crimes of murder;1. Murder ;Malice ;Express malice vs. Implied malice ;Penalty for murder;(a) Felony – murder 重罪恶意谋杀;Killing during the course of a felony such as robbery. 在抢劫这样的重罪过程中杀人 Gun goes off accidentally killing the robbery victim, or a bystander, or a police officer. 手枪意外走火，杀死被抢劫的受害者、旁观者或警察 A dangerous crime as robbery satisfies the requirement of malice 抢劫这样的危险犯罪构成恶意的条件;Co-felons guilty of murder重罪共犯谋杀;Malice ;每个参与者都有恶意;Death penalty 死刑;(b) Degrees of murder 恶意杀人罪的等级;First degree murder;Common law;2. Manslaughter ;(a) Voluntary manslaughter自愿性非恶意杀人，故意杀人 ;Voluntary manslaughter;Heat of passion may be provoked by fear, rage, anger or terror. Provocation, in order to be adequate, must be such as might naturally cause a reasonable person in the passion of the moment to lose self-control and act on impulse and without reflection. /def2/m012.htm;A classic example ;Be treated less harshly than murder;In such paramour killing cases the conviction rate is quite low. 在杀死情敌的案例中，定罪率很低 Concocted explanation of self-defense 编造的有关自卫的解释 Acquittal by reason of “the unwritten law” 根据“不成文法”作出的无罪判决;In applying test whether an intentional killing was upon great provocation and in the heat of passion, the question is put to the jury, or to the judge in non-jury cases, as to whether the accused reacted as a “reasonable man”. 对故意杀人是否由于受到极大的刺激和处于激情之下的判断，是由陪审团作出的，在没有陪审团的案件中，由法官作出判断。由他们决定被告是否是一个“理智的人”。;(b) Involuntary manslaughter非自愿性非恶意杀人，过失杀人;VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER;Negligent homicide过失杀人罪;because of the difficulty encountered in convicting motorists for the more revoltingly labeled offense of manslaughter 之所以制定这种特殊的有关杀人法律，是因为难以将撞死人的有罪司机划归比较令人讨厌的一般杀人犯罪。;Advisable(明智的);The permissible range of penalties