Criminal Law
Criminal law is the body of law that relates to crime. It proscribes conduct perceived as threatening, harmful, or otherwise endangering to the property, health, safety, and moral welfare of people inclusive of one's self. Most criminal law is established by statute, which is to say that the laws are enacted by a legislature. Criminal law includes the punishment and rehabilitation of people who violate such laws. Criminal law varies according to jurisdiction, and differs from civil law, where emphasis is more on dispute resolution and victim compensation, rather than on punishment or rehabilitation. Criminal procedure is a formalized official …
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UCP: University of Calgary Press · 25 September 2024 English
In a rare convergence of academic and political worlds, Professor Morton draws on his experience as a former cabinet minister and leadership contender, inviting readers into a reflection on Alberta’s …
Ottawa’s authority forStrong & Free 30 criminal law. Criminal law addresses actions that harm others, Alberta … exercise of the federal government’s section 91 criminal law jurisdiction.50 We were disappointed but not …
CDPC: Canadian Drug Policy Coalition · 16 September 2024 English
Committee asked of Canada: 22. [...] The ongoing impacts of colonialism and a legacy of racist criminal law and law enforcement practices has resulted in the mass incarceration of Indigenous, Black, and …
impacts of colonialism and a legacy of racist criminal law and law enforcement practices has resulted in …
CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 5 September 2024 English
Given the forth by military applications of AI has prompted breadth of the current and potential effects of governments and international organizations to military AI applications, some governments and formulate …
these two elements are can be established. But criminal law would “be pivotal to ensuring the responsible …
CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 5 September 2024 English
Finally, having established that the doctrines of In February 2023, the Netherlands hosted the command and state responsibility are crucial to inaugural global summit on the Responsible Use maintaining accountability …
implications of using new technology ICL international criminal law to collect personally identifying information … undertaken by AI in the context of armed conflict, criminal law (ICL) due to AI use. and argues with the aim … within the bounds of IHL is under international criminal law. These problems, therefore an inherent expectation …
CPRC: University of Regina Press · 3 September 2024 English
A scathing critique of the colonial legal system’s denial of children’s rights One afternoon in 2016, law professor Robin Hansen receives a call. On the other end of the line …
book will help.” —lisa kerr, Director of the Criminal Law Group at Faculty of Law, Queen’s UniversityPRISON … against mothers who have interactions with the criminal law. I realized the depth of these prejudices after …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 3 September 2024 English
Mainstreaming Porn reveals how sexual norms, practices, and desires are shaped by corporate platforms such as Pornhub in the same way that social media has affected society at large. It …
examines the strengths and failings of Canada’s criminal law regime as it pertains to child pornography … porn (including child sexual abuse material), criminal law is unlikely to serve as an effective tool for …
CDPC: Canadian Drug Policy Coalition · 1 August 2024 English
For instance, due to the cultural significance of the coca leaf and international treaties to respect the rights of Indigenous Peoples, the cultivation* of coca has been decriminalized in Bolivia; …
“need for States to move from a reliance on criminal law and instead take a human rights-based, evidence-based … the extent that this term may be derived from criminal law principles of interpretation, we suggest that … equity and human rights; decreasing policing and criminal law involvement in equity-denied communities; promoting …
ICCLR: International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy · 31 July 2024 English
The project’s objective is to instigate and support a systemic and cultural change in the way that the best interests of the child are considered by defence counsel, the prosecution …
Adult Criminal Process International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy Best Interests … Next Steps Prepared by International Centre for Criminal Law Reform & Criminal Justice Policy August 2024 … for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy © 2024 International Centre for Criminal Law Reform … must be given to the International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy. Cover: Designed … direct inquiries to: International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy 1822 East …
CIDP: Centre for International and Defense Policy · 25 July 2024 English
Background: Introducing Gender-Based Disinformation The political and economic costs of traditional military conflict have increased the appeal of foreign disinformation campaigns (Ang, Anwar, and Jayakumar 2021). [...] This form of …
Intervention on Behalf of Women.” International Criminal Law Review 11, no. 3 (2011): 477-93. Endnotes 1 …
BCLI: British Columbia Law Institute · 23 July 2024 English
REPORT ON PARENTAGE: A Review of Parentage under Part 3 of the Family Law Act JUNE 2024 Report on Parentage: A Review of Part 3 of the Family Law Act …
because the federal government has power over criminal law.254 The provinces have the power to impose punishment … the constitution assigns to the federal level (criminal law).428 But Quebec ar- gued that large parts of …
