POLI 378 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: National Defence Act, Youth Criminal Justice Act, Subject-Matter Jurisdiction

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 378
• Professor: Alain-Guy Sipowo

Document Summary

Natural law found in nature, moral values that undermine the law: what is wrong/right, can change over time not enforceable. Positive law law enforceable in a society, it can be written or unwritten: precedent set by the law that is presiding over the case, natural law principles can be included/manifest into positive law. It depends on: the subject matter of the dispute, the place where the dispute arises, the position of the court, depends on jurisdiction. What is (cid:862)ju(cid:396)isdi(cid:272)tio(cid:374)(cid:863): (cid:862)the (cid:396)espo(cid:374)si(cid:271)ilities of the (cid:272)ou(cid:396)t, o(cid:396) (cid:449)hat (cid:373)atte(cid:396)s it is autho(cid:396)ized to hea(cid:396)(cid:863, sy(cid:374)o(cid:374)y(cid:373)ous (cid:449)ith (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:373)pete(cid:374)(cid:272)e, att(cid:396)i(cid:271)utio(cid:374)s, autho(cid:396)ity, po(cid:449)e(cid:396)(cid:863) Three dimensions of jurisdiction: territorial, federal vs. provincial courts, subject matter, family law vs. administrative law, positional, trial vs. appellate court. Focus: subject matter jurisdiction: exclusive jurisdiction, murders are of the jurisdiction of superior courts only, concurrent jurisdiction, an issue is regulated both as matter of public law and private law, voyeurism = criminal offense.