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Crimes are breach of the law. Criminal law as in the common law differentiates between crimes that mala per se' that is crimes that are repugnant to humankind for example, murder, robbery and so on which forms the basis of the penal code. There are crimes that are caused by activities that the state prohibits or by social customs called ‘mala prohibitia'. While the activity may not be repugnant to human kind, it becomes a crime on account of statute. Some examples include the bar on persons below a stipulated age to drive motor vehicles. Although a teenager at the wheel of a car is dangerous, it is not a crime that is repugnant to the whole of mankind. The crime is thus a crime that is caused by violating a statute. A better example will be the smoking regulations. Smoking has been banned in some public places but is not a crime for a person to smoke in his home. Now the same act becomes a violation where it is indulged in a place where it is prohibited. Earlier the definition of crime centred on physical harm caused to individuals and property and both the parties were identifiable.

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¶ … Thomas Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions: Comments from the Internet

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¶ … universality of the Western interpretation of human rights.

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