SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Nulla Poena Sine Lege, Precedent, Mens Rea
30 Mar 2016
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Justice is delivered timely by component, ethical and independent representatives and neutrals who are of sufficient number, have adequate resources and reflect the communities they serve. Canadian charter of rights and freedoms the primiary law of the land and guarentees fundamental freedoms, legal rights and quality right for all citizens of canada, including those accused of crimes. Criminal law the body of the law that deals with conduct considered so harmful to society as a whole that it is prohibited by statute and prosecuted and punished by the government. Acts a a mechanism of social control. Nullum crimen sine lege, nulla poena sine lege no crime without a law, no punishment without law. Ignorantia juris nonexcusat ignorance of the law is no excuse. Nemo tenetur seipsum accusare no one is compelled toincriminate themselves. Nemo debet bis vexari pro eadem causa no on should be twice troubled by the same cause.
