Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Retroactivity

Retroactivity:

Retroactivity in law is the application of a certain norm to happenings that began to produce legal effects or took place, before the law was passed.

Most countries are guided by the general convention of irretroactivity of law, which severely restricts this kind of ex-temporary task.

But there is an exception to the role in criminal law: The laws can only be practical retroactively, if the norm that was in vigor when the crime happened is more favorable to the processed person.

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