PSYC 3600 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Legal Realism, Judicial Independence, Kumho Tire
9 Jan 2017
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Every area of psychology is relevant to some aspect of law: areas include developmental, social, clinical, cognitive, and cultural psychology. Canada has a legal system based on the british common law system. All provinces and territories employ the style of british common law in conducting criminal prosecutions, with the exception of quebec, which retains a civil system for issues of private law. When there is no clear history of legal rulings on a particular legal issue in canada, canadian courts may turn to non-canadian legal authorities for reference. Under the constitutional act (1867) the federal parliament and provincial legislatures have the constitutional authority to create courts. Criminal offences are found within the criminal code of canada, a federal statute, among a few other pieces of federal legislation such as the motor vehicle safety act. Individuals living in all provinces and territories across the country are bound by the same legislation when it comes to governing behaviors deemed illegal.
