CRM 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Summary Offence, True Crime, Actus Reus
19 Oct 2016
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The rule of law: what the courts are supposed to be doing, how they do their job, etc. Inherited from england: traced back to 1000 years. Constitutional rules always trump other rules, override other rules and cannot be changed easily by government: ex. by parliament or decisions made by a judge. Parliament has the right to change laws and make laws as long as it follows the constitutional rules. There are exceptions, some are built into the constitution itself. Rights can be overridden for the greater good of society in certain situations. Notwithstanding clause allows the government to temporarily change the rights in the. The criminal law- the body of law that deals with conduct considered so harmful to society as a whole that it is prohibited by statute and prosecuted an punished by the government. Punished for behaviour: drugs have their own statue (control substance and drug act)
