Wrongdoing

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A wrong or

contraventions
.

Moral wrong is an underlying concept for legal wrong. Some moral wrongs are punishable by law, for example, rape or murder.[2] Other moral wrongs have nothing to do with law but are related to unethical behaviours.[3] On the other hand, some legal wrongs, such as many types of parking offences, could hardly be classified as moral wrongs.[2]

Legal wrong

A violation of law is any act (or, less commonly, failure to act) that fails to abide by existing

legal injury, which is any damage resulting from a violation of a legal right. A legal wrong can also imply being contrary to the principles of justice or law. It means that something is contrary to conscience or morality and results in treating others unjustly. If the loss caused by a wrong is minor enough, there is no compensation, which principle is known as de minimis non curat lex
. Otherwise, damages apply.

The law of England recognised the concept of a "wrong" before it recognised the distinction between civil wrongs (governed by civil law) and crimes (defined by criminal law), which distinction was developed during the thirteenth century.[4]

Civil law violations usually lead to civil penalties like fines, criminal offenses to more severe punishments.

The severity of the punishment should reflect the severity of the violation (

felonies.[7]

Other examples of violations of the law include:

See also

References

  1. ^ "crime". Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2009.
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  4. ^ O. Hood Phillips, A First Book of English Law, Sweet and Maxwell, 4th ed., 1960, pp. 207, 208, 213
  5. ^ "Violation of the Law and Punishment | Ísland.is".
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  7. ^ "Crime - Classification of crimes".

Bibliography

  • Willis, Hugh. Principles of the Law of Damages. The Keefe-Davidson Co.: St. Paul, 1910.

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