Law 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Arson, Culpable Homicide, Signify
26 Apr 2017
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What is a crime: an act or commission considered to be a wrong against society, prosecuted by the state in criminal proceedings, involves moral wrong, reserved for the most serious harms in society. Crown has to prove the person is guilty. Sources of criminal law: federal vs provincial (ss. 91 and 92, constitution act, 1867: common law crimes abolished (s9, all crimes statutory, controlled drugs and substances and act, criminal code. Scope: criminal law is a power given to the federal government to a country in canada, but. Special procedures and punishments but still rami cations: 18+ criminal code. Tuesday, october 18, 2016: time, no limitation period for indictable. Not true for summary offences: 6 months for summary. 6 months between when the crime was committed and when they were charged. Hybrid is when the crown can choose if they want to make to charge the person as indictable or summary: no statute of limitations.
