The case of committing multiple crimes and the case of committing only a crime but violating multiple laws - from theory to the reflection in the Criminal Codes of Vietnam

Abstract

The paper analyses cases of committing multiple crimes in order to differentiate them from the cases of violating multiple laws but committing only a crime. In this regard, the paper clarifies cases where they meet the legal requirements for crime elements of multiple crimes but they are still the cases of committing only a crime due to the legal requirements for crime elements of those crimes or due to the special connection of the committed criminal acts. The paper evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of the Criminal Codes, especially the 2015 Criminal Code in regard to the reflection of the theory of “committing multiple crimes” and “violating multiple laws but committing only a crime”.