Law 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Internal Fixation, Extortion, Actus Reus
18 Oct 2016
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What is a crime: an act or omission considered to be a wrong against society, prosecuted by the state. Involves moral wrongs: reserved for the most serious harms in society. Terminology: civil cases brought by individuals. Judge or jury has to be persuaded: criminal cases brought by the state. Canada has criminal law as a federal power. Usa has it for individual states: common law crimes abolished (s. 9, all crimes statutory in canada (judges and courts can"t make new law) Controlled drugs and substances act (not in criminal code but still statutory) Codified a number of statutes into one place. If you kill someone in paris, you will be charged under french law: age. 6 months between when the crime is committed and when the person is charged. Can be summary or indictable (crown chooses what way they want to proceed) Actus reus: crown has to prove all elements put forward beyond reasonable doubt (has to be proven exactly)
