As a result, such perpetrators receive officially sanctioned punishment. Since laws are created to achieve social cohesion in respective societies, they are created based on the moral, social and economic values of the majority of the population. After comparing a number of various societies, despite the marked differences in how different societies have responded to murder, rape and theft, these acts are universally condemned, whatever the prevailing legal system, as they are morally considered acts of inhuman violence. Although they are considered crimes virtually everywhere, the definition of many other acts as criminal depends largely on which societies we look at and when we look at them. In Australia, however, such acts should be identified nationally as “crimes”. After committing what is considered a crime in one State, the offender may attempt to flee from the authorities by simply fleeing to another State or territory and claim that in this way he is safe from suffering the punishment of his crime. Under Section 75 (iv) of the Australian Constitution, the High Court of Australia (HCA) is responsible for resolving disputes between a state and a resident of another state. This requires the HCA to have a definition of the term “crime” in order to arrive at a unanimous decision.
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