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In law, ignorantia juris non excusat (Latin for "ignorance of the law excuses not"), [1] or ignorantia legis neminem excusat ("ignorance of law excuses no one"), [2] is a legal principle holding that a person who is unaware of a law may not escape liability for violating that law merely by being unaware of its content.
Matthew 5:18 is the eighteenth verse of the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount. In the previous verse, Jesus has stated that he came not to destroy the law, but fulfill it. In this verse, this claim is reinforced.
The law of the Hebrews rejected [clarification needed] this law; the Hebrew Bible allows for kofer (a monetary payment) to take the place of a bodily punishment for any crime except murder. [11] [non-primary source needed] It is not specified whether the victim, accused, or judge had the authority to choose kofer in place of bodily punishment.
The Hebrew Bible is considered a holy text in most Abrahamic religions. It records a large number of events and laws that are endorsed or proscribed by the God of Israel . Judaism teaches that the Torah contains 613 commandments , many of which deal with crime and punishment , but only the Noahide Laws apply to humanity in general.
Warfare represents a special category of biblical violence and is a topic the Bible addresses, directly and indirectly, in four ways: there are verses that support pacifism, and verses that support non-resistance; 4th century theologian Augustine found the basis of just war in the Bible, and preventive war which is sometimes called crusade has also been supported using Bible texts.
In criminal law, criminal negligence is an offence that involves a breach of an objective standard of behaviour expected of a defendant. It may be contrasted with strictly liable offences, which do not consider states of mind in determining criminal liability, or offenses that requires mens rea , a mental state of guilt.
Certain forms of incest, namely if it involves the father's wife or a daughter-in-law. [21] Other forms of incest receive lesser punishment; sexual activity with a sister/stepsister is given excommunication for a punishment; [ 22 ] if it involves a brother's wife or an uncle's wife it is just cursed [ 23 ] and sexual activity with an aunt that ...
Law and Gospel, the relationship between God's Law and the Gospel of Jesus Christ is a major topic in Lutheran and Reformed theology Law of Christ , a Pauline phrase referring to loving one's neighbor and to the New Covenant principles and commands of Jesus the Messiah, whose precise meaning has varying views by different Christian groups and ...