CRIM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Small Claims Court, Toronto Police Service, Mental Disorder
21 Apr 2018
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Criminal law in canada aka catch & release. The origins of criminal law: most of the criminal laws in canada murder, robbery, assault were inherited from english common law ( a lot of law"s inherited from england, england does not have a criminal code per se. Criminal code was consolidated: some legal decisions (e. g. , supreme court of canada decisions) can become binding on lower courts, but canadian judges are still bound/constrained by legislation (e. g. , the criminal code) Supreme court of canada has jurisdiction over superior court appeal and trial divisions and over inferior courts. Superior court of appeal has jurisdiction over superior court trial division and provincial (inferior) court. Superior court trial divison has jurisdiction over provincial (inferior) courts) Provincial/territorial courts, but more cases than supreme court of canada; makes decisions and set precedents binding on superior court trail division and provincial/territorial courts: superior court trial division hears fewer cases than provincial/territorial.
