LAWS 3305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Battle Of The Plains Of Abraham, War Measures Act, List Of Muppets
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Women face less charges, receive more lenient sentences, not the whole pic tho. Contagious diseases act- women rounded up, habeas corpus suspended, compulsory. Proliferation of criminal legislation designed to protect women at end of 19th cent. Protection of women legislation- ironic bc it targets women. Rape: in 19th century becomes transformed, key issues becomes consent- evidence of resistance, penetration, becomes focal point of trial- thus more a trial of the victim rather than the accused. medical treatment. 18th cent- leinbein debate: criminal law had nothing to do with the ruling of upper class. No ruling class conspiracy in criminal justice- no more important than garbage collection. Hay: admin of criminal law reinforce the existing structure of authority. all new felonies brought into criminal law reflected new property interests as shown in the industrial revolution. Or about more ambitious strategies, ie, a new institution, the new police, enforcing not only criminal law but new legislation relating to life in the city.
