%0 Journal Article %T Basic Concepts of Criminal Law and Setting up Incriminating Norms %A Mioara-Ketty Guiu %J Journal of Politics and Law %D 2012 %I %R 10.5539/jpl.v5n1p109 %X Starting from the assumption that as compared to the old theory of guilt, called ˇ°psychologicalˇ±, the new theory, called ˇ°normativeˇ±, has a broader rational value, this paper tries to integrate the basic concepts of the criminal law (crime, criminal, guilt) into such a theory and, at the same time, to highlight some rules that should be taken into account when setting up the incriminating norms. %U http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jpl/article/view/15296