CRIM 332- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 56 pages long!)

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Related to concepts of equality, justice, and rights. Contextualized canada within the global legal arena. Cannot walk, talk, feed herself, experienced pain: v. latimer. Killed disabled daughter by carbon monoxide poisoning. Daughter suffered from extreme form of cerebral palsy. Judge ruled that 10 year parole eligibility was disproportionately harsh for his offence. Sentenced him to incarceration 2 years less a day. Half served in jail, half served on his farm. Received punishment of min. lifetime incarceration + parole eligibility @10 years. Playing fair and square is common sense. An unjust law is no law at all saint augustine. Humans can rationally guide themselves to do good: there can be no legally valid standards that conflict with the natural law, all valid laws derive authority from natural law. Philosophical basis for the american + french revolutions. Right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. Moral action is the action that maximizes utility and pleasure. Totalitarianism: state holds total authority over society.

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