CC102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Henry Morgentaler, Criminal Negligence, Idle No More
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Principles: accountability, everyone is equal under the law, government, individuals, and private entities are accountable under the law. Charter: replicated the notions of the rule blocks that the state is obligated to give you a fair chance of justice, includes law making, enforcement, judication and incarceration. Criminal law: the body of law that deals with conduct considered so harmful to society as a whole that is prohibited by statute and prosecuted and punished by the government. Principles of the law: only law can define crime and punishment, and laws cannot be changed in the middle of the game, actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea. Categories of criminal offences: summary: generally less serious offences, limited in terms of punishment. Indictable: maximum life sentences to serious offences, hybrid, offences that can be summary or indictable, penalty depends on which offence is chosen.
