CRM 100 Lecture 1: Criminal Justice:
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Constitution vs a principle that we just follow/ whats so special about it: Re ects the values of the countries people. Regulates the jobs of the provinces, systems (federal - makes criminal law in canada) When its in the constitution it is above all. The body of law that deals with conduct considered so harmful to society as whole that it is prohibited by statute and prosecuted and punished by the government. Body of law conduct by the govt : not all law is criminal law, other kinds of law that deal with the issue, (ex; corporate law, family law, international law- are not part of the criminal justice) Mills and the harm principle - govt shouldn"t only interfere if only they"re harming another not if they"re harming themselves - this is why we have the criminal justice. Prohibited by statute - statue- law made by parliament, by a legislative body,