PSYC39H3 Lecture : PSYC39 Lecture 2
Document Summary
Elements of legal system common to canada & us. When writing laws, you must be a lawyer to understand specific conduntations and meanings of the law. Jury focuses on the suffering more so in the us. Lower courts do the bulk of trials regardless if they"re civil or criminal. You can file an appeal if there is an issue with the law that the judge used to make a decision. Usually won"t open up an old case with new found evidence unless it is dna. Appellate court does not re-try the case; only say whether or not the judge made an error in applying the law; if there was a mistake they will grant a new trial. If someone thinks the appellate court made a mistake, or if the law disagrees with constitutional rights, then it goes to supreme.
