LAW 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Street Prostitution, Harm Principle, Canada Evidence Act
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Is there a direct connection between the purpose of the law and its effects: connection between goal of law and what it actually does, overbreadth. Criminal justice overview: criminal law is about prohibitions, certain acts are prohibited because it is thought to be in the public interest. Imprisonment: suspended sentence and probation, conditional or absolute discharge, conditional sentence (house arrest, fines, why punish, deterrence, general and specific, denunciation. In reality, more complicated might focus on certain segments of society: who gets punished is related to who police pursue, investigate and focus their efforts on (their discretion, sentencing judges also have discretion. Intertwined with history of indigenous peoples in canada: crisis of overrepresentation of indigenous people in canadian prisons, 4% of population, but 23% of federal prison population. Sources of law and overview of offences: sources of criminal law, statutes, criminal code of canada, other federal statutes: canada evidence act, controlled drugs and.
