The 16th century statute law or the town of Rijeka treats the eye in two ways. First, it stipulates a severe punishment for deliberate "eye-plucking". Second, for those who commit this crime, it specifies "eye-plucking" as a corporeal punishment (following the eye-for-an-eye principle).The 1530 Statute of Rijeka also pays considerable attention to the bones. Bone breaking by means of intentiona...

the inherent dignity is a divine bounty from god to man and since it is inherent and intrinsic in human nature, its dispossession is not possible. according to some of the noble verses of the qur’ān, human dignity can be proved as a type of honor that denotes enjoyment of the bounty of reasoning, free will, divine breath, power of choice, etc. and all human beings equally enjoy it and a princip...

People’s intuitions about the underlying causes of past and future actions might not be the same. In 3 studies, we demonstrate that people judge the same behavior as more intentional when it will be performed in the future than when it has been performed in the past. We found this temporal asymmetry in perceptions of both the strength of an individual’s intention and the overall prevalence of i...

report represents solely the view point of the author, and does not necessarily represent the views or policy of DFID. 1.1 Why focus on partner violence, versus other forms of violence against women and girls? 1.2 Why focus on prevention versus response? 1.3 What " causes " partner violence? 1.4 Organization of the study 1.5 Methodology 1.5.1 Collection of evidence 1.5.2 Review and evaluation c...

People's intuitions about the underlying causes of past and future actions might not be the same. In 3 studies, we demonstrate that people judge the same behavior as more intentional when it will be performed in the future than when it has been performed in the past. We found this temporal asymmetry in perceptions of both the strength of an individual's intention and the overall prevalence of i...

This survey of 206 forensic psychologists tested the "filtering" effects of preexisting expert attitudes in adversarial proceedings. Results confirmed the hypothesis that evaluator attitudes toward capital punishment influence willingness to accept capital case referrals from particular adversarial parties. Stronger death penalty opposition was associated with higher willingness to conduct eval...

if someone committed a crime while insane, in different legal systems, it is accepted that deal with him should be different from people with mental health and in the case of the existence of other circumstances, he is recognized without criminal responsibility. this is commonly where the wrongdoer suffers from complete mental disorder, not partial mental disorder. the islamic punishment code 1...