CC102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Indictable Offence, Identity Theft, Precedent
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Crime: an act or omission that is prohibited by criminal law. Criminal law: the body of 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. *adults have the need to know why they are learning something: adults learn by doing, adults are problem-solvers, adults learn best when skills/topics are of immediate use. The requirement that governments, as well as individuals, he subjected to and abide by the law. Magna carta: first rule of law established in england in 1215. Components of a crime: actus reus: the act of doing something, mens rea: the guilty intent/guilty mind. Usually need both to be convicted of a crime. The canadian legal system is a common law system: common law: law that is based on custom, tradition, and practice is generally written, based on notion of precedent.
