Solved: CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM LAWS 2301 SECTIONS A/D/T

Read all instructions carefully before completing the exam:
(1) Do not work with anyone else on your answers.
(2) Only material from the course should be used (readings, lecture notes, video clips).
(3) Complete, accurate and consistent citation is required. This means the following:
(a) If you directly use the words from the textbooks (4 words in a row or more, other than proper names or titles), quotation marks must be used around those words in addition to a reference. For longer quotations (4 lines or longer), indent and format with single spacing.
(b) If you use the ideas from the textbooks (other than your own ideas), you do not need quotation marks, but still must provide a reference.
(c) Refer to specific readings and lecture materials, including page numbers and dates.
(4) Answers should be analytical in nature; they should apply concepts and synthesize course themes. Relevant terms should be defined, and all answers should rely heavily on the course readings and lecture material, with examples to support your answers.
(5) Answers should be structured and developed based on the type and weight of the questions.
(6) Write in complete sentences and avoid grammatical or spelling errors. Edit your work carefully.
(7) Answers should be type-written and double-spaced, using 12-point Times New Roman or a comparable font, with 1-inch margins on all sides. Number all pages and include a title page with student name, student number, course name, course number and date of submission.
(8) Late submissions without supporting documentation (i.e. medical) or an extension approved well in advance are subject to the late penalty.

Exam Questions: Read all of the instructions and questions carefully to ensure that you understand what is being asked.
Part One: Short Answer (50%)
Answer the following ten questions (10 marks each). Two double-spaced paragraphs are sufficient for each answer.
(1) What is the harm principle?
(2) What are the expectations and objectives of criminal law?
(3) What is parliamentary supremacy?
(4) What is the difference between negative rights and positive rights?
(5) Discuss the common features of the Traditional Legal Perspective.
(6) Define responsible government.
(7) Discuss six complexities in the production of criminal law.
(8) What is constitutional entrenchment?
(9) Define any three types of government regulation.
(10) Discuss the characteristics of Canada’s Constitution.

Part One: Long Answer (50%)
Answer the following five questions (10 marks each). Four double-spaced paragraphs are sufficient for each answer.
(1) What function would a General Part play in a revised Criminal Code of Canada? Compare and contrast the positive and negative aspects of including a General Part.
(2) Analyze how three (3) foundational legal cases at the Supreme Court of Canada shaped and defined the federal criminal law power.
(3) Compare how a critical theorist, a legal pluralist, a conflict theorist and a feminist theorist differ in their analysis of why Canada’s Indigenous population is disproportionately represented in the criminal justice and correctional systems.
(4) Compare and contrast the Traditional, Intuitional and Consequentialist methods to defining crime.
(5) Define and compare the jurisdictional roles of the federal and provincial governments in the production of criminal law.