LY205 Lecture Notes - Procedural Law, Criminal Procedure, Immigration Law
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A crime is a negligent or intentional act that deprives another human to a right that they have. Right to life, murder is taking away the right to life. An act that violates law and has a punishment which can include a fine or a prison term. Summary: nude in public, disturbance in a public place without lawful reason. Private law, government isn"t involved unless suing or being sued by someone. Usually a fine is paid out instead of a prison sentence. Sometimes can set precedents (not often though) contract law, tort law, family law, Substantive: deals with legal relationship between people or people and the state. The whole process of going through the courts. Incarceration, bail, trial, etc do you feel that we need criminal law in canada. It protects the whole of society and sets precedents for future cases. It protects individual rights and resources, it it a way of unifying all the sets of law in canada.
