CRM 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-6: Nimby, Compstat, Victimisation
12 May 2016
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No person is above the law, all people are subjected to it, and entitled to the protection of law equally. It is traced back to the english magna carta in 1215, and some parts of the document spoke about judicial procedure, about the creation of a permanent court, imposition of fines on commoners. Provided basis for emergence of rule of law, which became the foundation of english law and. It has influenced the charter of rights and freedoms as well. Where the magna carta would guarantee freedoms and rights. Charter of rights and freedoms also provides with rights and freedoms, ensures fairness during legal proceeding. Public law, deals with harmful conduct towards society as a whole, and is punished by government. The criminal law sets out certain laws and sets out available penalties for breaking them. An act does not make a person guilty unless he or she have a guilty mind .
