CRM 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Jury Trial, Preliminary Hearing, Harm Reduction
12 Dec 2016
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The state is an institution that claims the exclusive right to exercise force in a given territory through the use of the police and armed forces. Monarchy: transfers power from generation to generation within a single family. Democracy: generally is representative rather than fully participatory. Authoritarianism: is a political system that denies popular participation in government. Totalitarianism: is a political system that extensively regulates people"s lives. The vagrancy laws constituted an abundance of cheap labour to england"s ruling elite, during a period when serfdom was breaking down and the pool of labour was depleting. *loitering modern form of vagrancy, prostitution you cannot be hanging around for no reason. British common law is major source of law in canada. Under bna act (1867) only federal government can make criminal law. Uneven development of law enforcement across canada. Higher penalties (2 years or more in prison) General deterrence *fine or by tech changing.
