Political Science 3331F/G- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 15 pages long!)
12 Oct 2017
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P o l i t i c a l s c i e n c e 3 3 3 1 f / g. Shows two ways government can be in courts being sued or through reference cases. Governments are most frequent class of litigants can appear directly in four ways, or also as a third-party intervener. Prosecution of offences: most common reason is to prosecute offences, enforce municipal bylaws, criminal cases prosecuted by provincial government in canada criminal code created nationally, enforced locally, e. g. Why prosecute: 30% of the time, crown chooses not to prosecute when an arrest is made because. E. g. pressure to convict someone anyway" in high profile murder cases is a negative influence: prosecutorial accountability professional lawyers associations" were allowed to discipline members for unethical behaviour, not simply the ag making decisions. Beginning in 1990s, ags provincially and federally have attempted to check abuses on crown discretion and enhance accountability by giving crown guidelines.
