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  • criminal law
    / Degrees of participation

    The common-law tradition distinguishes four degrees of participation in crime. One who commits the act ā€œwith his own handā€ is a principal in the first degree. His counterpart in French law is the auteur (literally, ā€œauthorā€), or coauteur when two or more…

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    The common-law tradition distinguishes four degrees of participation in crime. One who commits the act ā€œwith his own handā€ is a principal in the first degree. His counterpart in French law is the auteur (literally, ā€œauthorā€), or coauteur when two or more…

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