CRIM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hunter-Gatherer, The Foundations, Summary Offence
19 Jan 2018
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What is criminal law: criminal law is the entire set of principles, procedures and rules established by governments through the courts and criminal legislation in order to ensure public safety. Church: the increasing complexity of social interaction, modern system of criminal law required a body of penal law. Informal practices of conduct gave way to a systematic compilation of law in written form: these are referred to as codes, e. g. Common law: core criminal prohibitions in canada were formed along with laws of. England between the 18th century until the statute of westminster in 1931: after statue of westminster supreme court of canada became the court of last resort from criminal matter. Common law: remained in britain, canada adopted criminal code in 1892, british law successive decision, canadian law exercise discretion, s. (cid:891)(cid:883)(cid:523)(cid:884)(cid:889)(cid:524) of canada"s constitution act (cid:883)(cid:890)(cid:888)(cid:889) Supreme court judgments are final: it decides important questions about the constitution and controversial or complicated areas or private and public law.
