[SOCI 2450] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (12 pages long!)
7 Feb 2017
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All the acts that are forbidden under the ccc. Strictly an encyclopedia of offences and penalties in the ccc. How alleged violators will be dealt with. Protects from unjust treatment by the state. Due process certain fundamental rights that are protected. Could be on the exam (7 elements) Important to recognize that there are various criteria that must be present before any act can be defined as a crime. Mala in se evil in itself. Malum prohibitum unlawful only because it is against statute or virtue. 7 elements must be present before an act can be called a crime. Jerome hall general principles of criminal law hall would say all the elements have to be present: there must be certain external consequences or harm. Origins of criminal law (4 theories) can be an exam question: classical theory. Guards the criminal law as originating in torts or wrongs to individuals.
