CRIM 131 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: System 6, Actus Reus, Equal Protection Clause
23 Oct 2014
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Murder, robbery, aggravated sexual assault: hybrid (or elective) offences: offences that can be proceeded summarily or indictable. The rule of law started with the english magna carta in 1215. Fundamental freedoms: 2a) freedom of conscience and religion: freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication, freedom of peaceful assembly; and, freedom of association. Evidence was obtained in a manner that infringed or denied any. The role of the precedent in the legal system is to guide judges in making subsequent decisions in similar cases aka be consistent. This allows the legal system to appear fairer in their decisions rather than having different sentencing for the same crime. The role of the stare decisis is to set the ground rule that all courts should be running according to the same rules no matter which levels.
