CRIM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Indictable Offence, English Law, Criminal Law Of Canada
11 Oct 2018
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Includes definitions of crimes, criminal responsibilities, and punishments. Example: murder, rape, and child pornography: mala prohibita: Acts that are illegal because they are prohibited. Common law: body of low defined through successive decisions made by judges; no legislations. Criminal law: a body of law defined primarily through successive decisions of judges, as opposed to through legislation. Canadian judges often write detailed explanations to every decision they make regarding a case: canada adopted its own criminal code in 1982, it retained the power to create common law until the 1950s. In canada, behaviours punishable are described in the criminal code: england does not have its own criminal code, but operates more on common law . Criminal law in canada: from canada"s constitution act. Federal parliament determines what acts are criminalized and which punishment applies to that act. They also determine the procedures associated with investigating and prosecuting crimes. Federal government may authorize any criminal laws necessary to protect.
