CRIM 135 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Opiate, Emily Murphy, Narcotic Control Act
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Criminology 135 - week 3: the sources of law. Heavily influenced by british common laws system. 1 developed through case law and judges hearing cases. Canadian law (as we know it) has existed for just over 140 years. Heavily influenced by british common law system. Conceptual divisions of law: domestic vs. international. 1 the law of a single nation-state & law that is ideally common to all nation-state. 2 international law is typically mediated by the un and involves the governance or accommodation of nations in relation to global treaties, conventions, and customs: substantive vs. procedural. : the actual law, as opposed to adjectival or procedural law. Substantive laws set out specific penalties for specific kinds of conduct by the public that is prohibited by statute. 1. 1 ex: the section of the criminal code that prohibits first degree murder (s 231) is substantive law. : sets out the the process, formalities, or mechanisms for enforcing the law.
