CRIM 2652 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Regulatory Offence, Criminal Law Of Canada, Legal Formalism

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Five distinct factors: provide social control: aims to control behaviour and deter acts that threaten social well being or harm others, discourage revenge: delegates enforcement to other to discourage revenge or vengeance, example: vigilante. Stock figures/typical: court"s example (particular view of courts; process are faster, effective, sentence just and fair; theatrical; bleeding heart lawyer; adversarial court, villains, good victims) 50 mins in an episode can be really dry (confrontation and success, emotional) People in the 15th century were illiterate thus they needed a way to know what was right and wrong in society. In order to educate people in regards to morals (rules, norms) a good way through this is entertainment. Villains, strong morals, obedience of law, right and wrong. Moral of the story: official version of law. Cannot be swayed, as it carries just the facts. Able to balance different accounts and accounts a fair accounting.

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