Volume XI: Torts | Chapter 13 (1972): Procedural Questions
Completed in December 1969
J. A. Jolowicz
A. Introductory
i. Nature of the Question
5. Despite the early identification in most legal systems of crime and tort, the distinction between them is today almost universally recognised (see supra ch. 1 and 8). The question whether a person should be subjected to the sanctions of the penal law on account o…