PPAS 3135 Lecture Notes - Margarine

• School: York University
• Department: Public Policy and Administration Studies
• Course: PPAS 3135
• Professor: Sirvan Karimi

Document Summary

Provincial law can make laws regarding penal system such as fines or imprisonment only in order to enforce its own laws within the jurisdiction. Board of commons haldame tried to define what is criminal (too narrow and ambiguous). Criminal act is one that by nature that belongs to criminal jurisprudence. Xxx argued that there needs to be a definition for criminal law. An act is criminal if it is prohibited and that prohibition is covered by penal. Third element of public purpose came from the case of margarine. Prohibit the selling and manufacturing of margarine because it was said that it was bad for the public health. The ruling was challenged and brought to the supreme court who rejected it. Brought about new evidence that margarine is not bad for the public health. The court argued that this case was not in regards to the public health however arguing in the disobeying of the prohibition.