PSY340H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Informed Consent, Parens Patriae, Involuntary Commitment
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Things you have to do or be punished. tickets for parking. Punishment that is given to you that you don"t like is positive punishment eg legal issues are not implied but are codified, in writing but still are interpretable. Spirit of the law, rule of the law. When you cause trouble for urself and others. Mental illness that make u not criminally responsible. If u r mentally incapacitated you can still be incarcerated in a hospital. In us the first law is that you can behave anyway u want as long as it is not hurting anyone else. In canada the top of constitution is that the government has to protect its citizens. All provinces have the right to interpret the laws themselves. Eg psychologist power differs from province to province. When the judge (justice systems) interprets a law in the certain way it becomes a common law. Parens patriae: responsitbility and authority to care.
