SOCI 2450 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Herbert Annesley Packer, Transport Canada, Substantive Law

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 2450
• Professor: Darryl Davies

Document Summary

1. substantive law- refers to ascription of all the acts and offences that are forbidden. 2. procedural law- describes how the state will deal with violators. Also provides the alleged protection from unjust treatment by state. Procedural criminal law- duo process- state does not have all power over rights there are limits we place on criminal law. 2. court decisions(case law)- consists of precedents derived from earlier judicial decisions. 3. administrative law- regulations and rulings made by numerous municipal, provincial and federal administrative agencies (ex. transport canada) 1. before behaviour can be called crime must be certain external consequences or harm, (cid:373)e(cid:374)tal or e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)al (cid:374)ot e(cid:374)ough if do(cid:374)"t act o(cid:374) (cid:374)o cri(cid:373)e has occurred-external conquencesec. 2. must be prescribed or prohibited in criminal code (legally forbidden and prescribe in penal law) 3. must be an intentional reckless action or inaction that brings the harmful consequences about ( Mez rea- guilty mind, the attention of person is key)(criminal intent must be there)