Police Foundations LAW120 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Substantive Law, Procedural Law
29 May 2016
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Two systems/primary sources of law in canada: common law. Constantly evolving based on norms, constitution, and public expectation/demands. Advantage: changes with society, and considers the facts of that specific case: statute law. Created by governments bill to law. Advantage: accessible, reliable, stable - provides persons with the abilities to expect specific outcomes everyone has access to it. Substantive law: describes conduct that is acceptable and unacceptable (example?) Procedural law: describes the process to be followed if someone violates the substantive law or describes the procedures that must be followed under the law. Criminal code contains both substantive law and procedural law: what the offence is, and what happens if an offence is committed, procedural law is just as important as substantive law. As professionals in the field of justice, we must respect the rules set out. Designed to direct the reader to the most current official print source of the legislation. Contains over 1000 sections and more than 60 forms.
