POLSCI 2C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Superior Court
17 May 2017
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What is wrongful conduct or conduct sought to be controlled: what should or should not be allowed. How does the state achieve control: not in a neutral way. Three related themes (exam question in regards to one, two or three of these themes) Unintended consequences of law and order policy choices. Our head of state is the queen, not the prime minister. The queen no longer asserts her sovereignty over canada other than in a ceremonial aspect. The one thing that the monarch still plays a role in canada, is that she through the governor. General must accept every law before it is passed (royal assent: bound to sign every law. Important ramifications in regard to the criminal justice system: your style before the courts is r. v. Jones: subject to being prosecuted by the crown, appointed, given authority by the crown. Bound by the power set out in the constitution.
