CRM 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Grievous Bodily Harm, Ant-Zen, Nonviolence
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Lecture 9 self-defence, necessity, and duress (chapter 9, p. 324) Second requirement: section 34(1)(b) requires that those claiming self-defence have the subjective purpose of defending themselves or others. Section 43 as not violating section 7, 12, or 15 of the charter. Justify very specific circumstances that challenged the constitutionality, because it gavel legal power for child abuse, the courts said that. Necessity: three requirements: first requirement: reasonable belief in imminent peril and danger, perka necessity as an excuse only applied when the accused had no realistic choice but to violate the law. Like necessity, this defence only applies when if the accused had no realistic choice when deciding whether to commit the crime. Sarah and joe have been married for five very tumultuous years. During this time, joe (a large and burly man) has frequently assaulted sarah both psychologically and physically.