CRIM 3654 Lecture Notes - Herbert Annesley Packer, Antinomy, Black Letter Law
13 Dec 2013
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Remind ourselves that when policing was made a matter of political creation, people did not like the idea (e. g. wealthy gentry people) Peel reversed that into lex, rex the law is king: the king is no longer above the law, they are equally subject before for the law. The government itself becomes something that serves the law. Integral to our understanding of the relationship between law and people in a democracy. He is answered to the law, and to the law alone . Considered a good thing because otherwise someone like stephen harper can call the rcmp and tell them how not to act, and this would result in a form of tyranny. It is impossible for the police to do total enforcement of the law. First of all, they don"t even know about all the things that happen. It is still the case though that things police are doing are things done under low visibility.
