HIST 3850 Midterm: HIST 3850 Midterm Exam Notes (2011-2012)
10 Mar 2012
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Part b: short answers 40% (answer all questions) Part c: essay question 50% (1 question: **see below**) Criminal law: relations between the misbehaving individual and the government through establishment of rules of conduct, breach, prosecution, conviction, and punishment. The government then takes away the freedom, money, some of each, or life of the convict. Organic law: the law is always growing and evolving. Nurturing the growth of the law is our job as humans. The law is also a growing organism in itself. Ambiguity of the law: the law is never perfectly precise to the last detail. It is the legislature that creates and passes bills while it is the job courts and attorneys to interpret them. Differences between criminal procedures in the united states and in canada. United states (decentralized system): state courts are three tiered by either limited jurisdiction or general jurisdiction. Resort are included in state courts, but they do not follow the jurisdiction rules.
