CRIM 135 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Section 33 Of The Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms, Consensus Decision-Making, Pro Bono
25 Sep 2016
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*spot issues and refer to cases and determine the law and likely outcome. Uphold sections of crim code on basis that s. 7 will not be violated and if so, the violation of a right was demonstrable in a free ad democratic society. How do you deal with the free and democratic society issue when holland and germany have brothels. If the scc decided that safety and health trumped federal criminal law in insight on basis of the. Charter, which way do you think they"ll go here: druggies getting high with clean needles in a supervised area with nurses. Harm reduction: or druggies getting high with dirty needles in dark alley ways. What is the adversarial system: truth doesn"t matter so much as rules, better counsel is more expensive, judges stay out and act as referee, crown has the burden of proof, to prove beyond reasonable doubt. Criminal and civil case of liability is diff.
