Open AccessCriminal responsibility for premeditated murder in Jordan's Criminal Code No. 16 of 1960
Author(s) -
Mahdi F. M. Kabaha
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
laplage em revista
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2446-6220
DOI - 10.24115/s2446-622020217extra-c1074p.686-690
Subject(s) - penal code , punishment (psychology) , criminal code , law , human life , criminal responsibility , human rights , human being , criminology , criminal law , political science , history , sociology , psychology , social psychology , humanity
Murder is generally an assault on the life of a human being by an act leading to his or her death, and since the human right to life is the most important of his fundamental rights, murder is the most serious and heinous crimes of all. The human right to life is a sacred right that society is keen to maintain and care for because it is the foundation of its survival and a necessity for its continued progress. Since man is the dearest thing, we have in our Jordanian and Palestinian society, the Jordanian Penal Code has established a serious punishment for premeditated murder amounting to death by hanging, in aggravated circumstances, for example, by reason of insistence, as stipulated in article 328/1 of the Jordanian Penal Law.