LAWS 2302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Youth Criminal Justice Act, Actus Reus, Controlled Drug In The United Kingdom
18 Feb 2017
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Criminal law: legitimate exercise of state force against individual that engages liberty. In canada, criminal law is federal jurisdiction constitution act, 1867 s. 91(27) However, provinces have legislative competence to put into place certain regulatory penalties with fairly severe consequences ss. Both have certain prohibitions outside of criminal code. Criminal law in contemporary context post-2015 election, canadian criminal law landscape is likely to change. Crime: any act or omission of an act that is prohibited and punishable by federal statute. Criminal law: the body of laws that prohibit and punish acts that injure individual people, property, and the entire community. Federal statute that contains the majority of the criminal laws passed by parliament. Lists crimes, sentences, and procedures to follow when trying those accused of crimes. Amendments to the code are made when the values of canadian society change. Changes over time & place : prostitution is legal in some european countries, nz and legality has recently changed in.
