PPAS 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Sexual Assault, Criminal Record, Canada Evidence Act

• School: York University
• Department: Public Policy and Administration Studies
• Course: PPAS 2200
• Professor: Dr.Sirvan Karimi

Document Summary

Criminal law is a subcategory of public law. It refers to that body of law that deals with conducts considered to be harmful to society as whole that is prohibited by statutes and prosecuted and punished by governments (definition) Substantive criminal law procedures which covers the whole operations of police, prosecutors, correctional institutions are carried out within the constitutional framework which involves two levels of government. Federal and provincial are involved in conducts of criminal justice system. Also involves communities, those communities involved in pushing the government to enforce a particular kind of law. Section 91: bna act, power of the federal government are specified. The power is conferred to the parliament of canada, making laws in respects to criminal law. Except for the organization of private and public law, criminal procedures are within the areas jurisdiction. Section 92: provinces are given the power of the constitutions, maintenance and the organization of civil and criminal courts.