SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Superior Court
15 Nov 2016
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Can be enacted by provinces/territories or by federal government. Lack important elements to be criminal law, less harsh punishments. Crimes are wrongs against all of society and crown prosecutes case on behalf of all citizens. Crime consists of two elements: prohibited conduct that has an evil or injurious or undesirable effect upon the public , a penalty that may be imposed on violators. Hierarchy of canadian criminal courts: supreme court of justice, court of appeals, superior court of criminal jurisdictions (ex. superior court of justice, provincial/territorial court (ex. Ontario court of justice,ycja is tried under this court) Murder, manslaughter, sexual assault, robbery, theft over , breaking and entering: hybrid offences, most criminal code offences, ex. Assaulting a peace of cer, sexual assault, theft under , failing to comply with a probation order: all cases that are summary cases are tried at the provincial/territorial level.
