SOC209H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Juvenile Court, Adversarial System, Private Law
Document Summary
Overview canada"s court system: supreme court is the highest level. Police: arresting officer as witness, review evidence with crown prosecutor, provide info about victim, accused, witnesses, offence. Areas of law: procedural law- rules in court. Much law outside of ccc - (provincial statutes, e. g. tax, education, drinking and driving, etc. ) Amendments and internal logic - change and get rid of laws, complete disaster. Categories of criminal law: offence against the person, sex offences, offence against property/dishonesty, offence causing damage to property, offence against the state (terrorism, offence against order, offence threatening social institutions, miscellaneous nuisance offences against morality/welfare (gambling, smoking) Constitutional law fundamental document for canadians that outlines individual"s rights all laws must be confirmed by charter of rights: different from other forms of statute law, cannot be changed by passage of new law through hoc, entrenched legislation. Bna act formed canada, united provinces ties with britain upsets canadians, wanted new elements of rights and constitution = bill of rights.
