LAW 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Arson, Mental Disorder, Psychiatric Hospital
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Civil v. criminal law: civil wrong against another person, ex. Contract to buy a sofa cheque you write bounces (breach of contract, wrong against another person: can get sued in civil court, criminal wrong against society, ex. If you were to steal the sofa that would be a crime, it would be theft: the person you stole the sofa fro(cid:373) does(cid:374)"t (cid:374)e(cid:272)essarily get a(cid:374)ythi(cid:374)g fro(cid:373) the criminal system. Etc: answers by no means easy, 2 main categories of argument of what should be included in criminal law, 1. Includes topics related to harm idea that criminal law should only be directed at the prevention and punishment of harm: only where conduct causes harm can we criminalize it, 2. The criminal law is allowed to punish wrongful conduct. State v. individual: a criminal case is between the state (representative of the state in canada = the.
