LAWS 2301- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 57 pages long!)
30 Nov 2017
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War on drugs, disproportionate incarceration of young, black males, etc: prison population, imprisonment measured at a rate per 100,000. Laws2301 september 19, 2017: timely & ethical, justice is delivered timely by competent, ethical, independent, well- resourced & neutral representatives. Charter of rights and freedoms: the primary law of the land, guarantees fundamental freedoms, legal rights & equality rights for all people of. What is a crime: an act or omission that is prohibited by criminal law, ex. assault & robbery (act, ex. failing to report child abuse & failing to provide necessities of life (omission) Criminal law: the body of law that deals w conduct considered so harmful to society as a whole that it is prohibited by statute + prosecuted & punished by the gov"t, government/crown vs. the individual (ex. Ignoratia juris non excusat: ignorance of the law is no excuse.
