SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Hybrid Offence, Inquisitorial System, Adversarial System
21 Nov 2016
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What side of the road can you drive on. Ca(cid:374)"t (cid:271)e e(cid:374)a(cid:272)ted (cid:271)y pro(cid:448)i(cid:374)(cid:272)es/territories or federal go(cid:448)er(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t. Punishments for violating laws include fines or imprisonment. Crimes are wrongs against all of society and crown prosecutes cases on behalf of all citizens. Crimes consists of 2 elements on canada: prohibited conduct that has an evil or injurious or undesirable effect on public, a penalty that may be imposed on violations. Hierarchy of canadian criminal courts: supreme court. Hears appeals from provincial and territorial court. Only significant cases: court of appeal. Hear appeals territorial and provincial: superior court of criminal jurisdiction (superior court of justice, provincial/territorial court (ex. Tried before a provincial/territorial court judge or justice of the peace sitting alone. Max penality: fine if or 6 months in jail. Willfully doing an indecent act to the public. Can be tried by more than one court procedure. Most accused person have the right to a preliminary hearing.
