Doctrine

Criminal law

Judgments in the archive that turn on questions of criminal law.

Overview

The archive holds 12 judgments in Criminal law, decided between 1884–2019, drawn from 5 jurisdictions (United States, China, United Kingdom, India, Russia) and 8 courts of record. Each entry is set out in the same order — facts, legal issue, arguments, judgment, reasoning and the rule established — so decisions from different legal systems can be read side by side.

Landmark cases

United StatesMiranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966United StatesSchenck v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1919United StatesTexas v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1989ChinaThe Taizhou water pollution caseSupreme People’s Court · 2016United KingdomR v. Dudley and StephensHigh Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) · 1884United KingdomWoolmington v. Director of Public ProsecutionsHouse of Lords · 1935IndiaK. M. Nanavati v. State of MaharashtraSupreme Court of India · 1962IndiaNavtej Singh Johar v. Union of IndiaSupreme Court of India · 2018IndiaBachan Singh v. State of PunjabSupreme Court of India · 1980RussiaGreenpeace Arctic Sunrise Case (State v. Arctic Sunrise Crew)Murmansk Regional Court / Investigative Committee of Russia · 2013RussiaKhachaturyan Sisters CaseMoscow City Court · 2019RussiaJudgment on Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code (Dadin Case)Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation · 2017