SSCI 1010U Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Mental Disorder, Sleepwalking, Actus Reus
16 Mar 2017
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Introduction to canadian legal system ssci 1010u- 001. The judge tells/instructs the jury on the law. Jury decisions can only be overturned if the judge makes a mistake (e. g. , mistake on admissibility of evidence or a charge to the jury) Answer: yes often in family court. Medical procedures and abortion, in a nutshell. See blackboard abortion in canada (library of parliament, 2008). Medical procedure/hospitals s. 92(7) and 92(16) and 92 (13) ---provinces. Federal = spending powers under the canada health act 91 (27) and need to satisfy the principles such as universality. Potential parties to a criminal offence: principal offender person who carried out the wrongful act, by aiding and abetting the principal offender (must prove intent to assist or encourage) Elements of an offence: vince li box 8. 1 https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=l5lgvjxxbla. Requires that the prohibited act be accompanied by moral blameworthiness demonstrated by a certain mental state of the mind of the accused.
