CRM 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Jury Trial, Preliminary Hearing, Harm Reduction
1 Feb 2015
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The state is an institution that claims the exclusive right to exercise in a given territory through the use of the police and armed forces. Monarchy: transfers power from generation to generation within a single family. Democracy: generally is representative rather than fully participatory. Authoritarianism: is a political system hat denies popular participation in government. Totalitarianism: is a political system that extensively regulates people"s lives. England 14th century: church, black plague, crusades. Leads to class conflict: the vagrancy laws constituted an abundance of cheap labour to england elite, during a period when serfdom was breaking down and the pool of labour was depleting. British common law is major source of law in canada. Under the bna act (1867) only federal government can make criminal law. Uneven development of law enforcement across canada. Summary offences: minor or petty offence (e. g. loitering, 6 month limitation on prosecution, heard in provincial court, maximum fine= ,000, maximum sentence=6 months.
