A ``putative crime'' is
a crime which does not actually exist (because there is no rule of law
stating that that particular type of conduct constitutes a crime), but which X
thinks does exist. The crime only
``exists'' in X's mind, that is in what he thinks. A ``putative crime'' can never be punishable.
this is my feeble attempt to assist my students in criminal law at the university of zululand... I am doing this for you the student so use it, comment on it, complain if you have to but just use it...
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