Law 3101A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: List Of Rhode Island Public Transit Authority Routes, Mental Health Court, Regulatory Law

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Part 3: common criminal offences, civil law process and selected tort actions. Common criminal offences (public law: 265- assault (simple assault) Assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm: assault while carrying, threatening to use, or using a weapon (or imitation weapon, assault causing bodily harm requires a hurt or injury that is more than transient or trifling. Aggravated assault: wounding, maiming, disfiguring, or endangering life. Basic concepts of liability: generally, individuals are only held legally responsible for their own behaviour. Trillium gift of life network act: governs inter-viros (live) and post-mortem donations of organs and tissues, and post- mortem donations of bodies for transplant education and scientific purposes. Mental health act: governs administration of psychiatric hospitals, criteria and procedures for voluntary, informal and involuntary admission, and community treatment orders. Public hospitals act: governs the administration of public hospitals, provides for provincial funding of hospitals.