Statements (21)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:law
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| gptkbp:appliesTo |
gptkb:crime
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| gptkbp:compatibleWith |
civil law
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| gptkbp:defines |
a law that retroactively changes the legal consequences of actions committed before the enactment of the law
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| gptkbp:discusses |
Calder v. Bull (1798)
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| gptkbp:example |
a law that criminalizes an act that was legal when committed
a law that changes the rules of evidence to make conviction easier after the fact a law that increases the punishment for a crime after it was committed |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
ex post facto law
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| gptkbp:language |
from a thing done afterward
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| gptkbp:prohibits |
gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkb:European_Convention_on_Human_Rights gptkb:International_Covenant_on_Civil_and_Political_Rights gptkb:Article_I,_Section_10,_Clause_1_of_the_U.S._Constitution gptkb:Article_I,_Section_9,_Clause_3_of_the_U.S._Constitution many democratic countries |
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
nullum crimen sine lege
bill of attainder retroactive law |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Garland_v._United_States
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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