SOCI 2450 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Actus Reus, Pro Bono, Criminal Procedure
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Course outline available on the carleton sociology and anthropology website. All communication should be with the teaching assistants. Essay will be due in class on march 6th: 12 page essay, worth 40%. Documentaries shown in class are not available online. Who makes the laws: are they laws that everyone agrees with, are the people consulted on the making of new laws and legislation, when you vote, these people take that to mean that you support them in everything. The election gave them the mandate to run the country. Crime: an act or omission that violates the criminal code of canada. If something is not included in the criminal code, it is not considered a crime. Cannot possibly have a law that does not involve politics in the creation of the law. Universal and necessary element of the criminal law. Crimes or acts are not crimes if they are not in the criminal code: specificity.
