SOCI-225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Partial Defence, W. M. Keck Observatory, Mens Rea
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The federal body decides on criminal laws and procedures; substantive law refers to the actual. Crime: conduct that is prohibited by law and that is subject to a penal sanction such as prison time or a fine; in canada all crimes are contained in statutes such as the criminal code. Police and gvmt officials are required to enforce the law regardless of their private views or affiliations. Many are political issues: ie the sanctity of life and physician assisted death. Criminal law: a body of jurisprudence that defines crimes, the penalties, and sets of principles regarding criminal responsibility and possible defences. 1)indictable offences (most serious) 2)summary convictions and 3) hybrid/mixed convictions (can be tried as either 1 or 2) Quasicriminal law: under the constitution act, provincial power has control over health, education, hu(cid:374)ti(cid:374)g, fishi(cid:374)g et(cid:272) a(cid:374)d (cid:272)a(cid:374) i(cid:373)pose fi(cid:374)es a(cid:374)d i(cid:373)priso(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t; it is (cid:374)ot (cid:862)real(cid:863) (cid:272)ri(cid:373)i(cid:374)al law (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause it la(cid:272)ks element 3 of being injurious to all canadians.
