LAW 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter x: Youth Criminal Justice Act, Canada Evidence Act, Criminal Law Of Canada
15 Mar 2018
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Macdonald said the criminal code of usa was flawed in a sense that each state handles criminal matters differently. He believed that criminal law in canada should be assigned to the general government so that it would be the same throughout the country. Two major sources of criminal law in canada today are statute law and common (or case) law. Our criminal code was enacted in 1982, and today is the main source of canadian criminal law. The criminal code is length and complex statute that defines and classifies criminal offences and describes the procedures for prosecuting them. It also provides directions for sentencing and has 28 parts. The common law is another primary source of our criminal law, and there is much case law pertaining to the criminal code. There are other important federal statutes that relate to the criminal law field, including: -the canada evidence act: covers witnesses and evidence law.
