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Ex post facto law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An ex post facto law (from the Latin for "after the fact") or retroactive law, is a law that retroactively changes the legal consequences of acts committed or the legal status of facts and relatio...
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Justice Johnson went on to assert that the class of civil ex post facto laws was broader than the simple class of laws impairing the obligation of contracts. As such, he answered that it would not suffice to equate the prohibition against civil ex post facto laws with the prohibition against laws impairing contracts.
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against ex post facto laws applied onlyto criminal laws in the landmark .... a sufficient protection to private rights; and that the policy and ...
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Answers.com > Wiki Answers > Categories > History Politics and Society > Politics and Society > Politics and Policy > US Constitution > What does the constitutional prohibition against ex post facto laws mean?
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It also includes the expost facto prohibition against making conduct criminal after it occurs; the void-for-vagueness doctrine, which requires the law to state with precision what conduct it prohibits; and equal protection of the laws.
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In our own country, Article 20 (protection against expost facto penal laws, double jeopardy and testimonial compulsion) and Article 21 (protection of right to life and personal liberty) of the Constitution are non derogable even during an emergency.
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B. protection against bills of attainder; C. immunity from ex post facto laws; D. all of the above; E. none of the above. [Correct Response: D] ... C. include immunity from bills of attainder and ex post facto laws; D. include the right to a writ of habeas corpus under any and all conditions; E. are characterized by B and...
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