FRSC 1100H Lecture 6: Week 8 intro canadian justice
10 Dec 2017
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Week 8 - criminal law - principles & elements. Commencing the process: anyone can report an incident to police, judge or justice or the peace, police may investigate. The fair trial" process: everyone accused of committing an offence can have their guilt or innocence determined, by a judge &/or jury (if maximum sentence 5 years or more) If the defence calls witnesses the crown can cross-examine those witnesses for observation, memory, &/or truthfulness. Has paramount legislation: part 1 of the constitution act , 1867, lists the rights and freedoms considered to be of fundamental importance to people in. Canadian democratic society: to protect individuals from actions/exercise of powers of government (no one else - individual vs state power, cannot create laws that ignore these freedoms, cannot exercise their powers (ex. Via police actions) in a way that ignores these freedoms: the supreme law" section 52(1)
