5 Questions
What does the objectivist legalistic approach focus on?
Value consensus
What does the objectivist legalistic approach define crime as?
Something against the law
What does the objectivist legalistic approach recognize according to the text?
That some people/things are not good for you
Which type of law in the Criminal Justice Code in Canada is modeled on the objectivist legalistic approach?
Administrative law
What is limited to a legal construction according to the text?
Criminality
Study Notes
Objectivist Legalistic Approach
- Focuses on the act itself, rather than the actors or their motivations
- Defines crime as an act that violates the law, regardless of the intentions or circumstances
- Recognizes only the harm or injury caused by the act, and not the social or economic context
Application in Canadian Law
- The Criminal Justice Code in Canada models the objectivist legalistic approach in its actus reus section, which deals with the physical elements of a crime
Limitations
- The concept of crime is limited to a legal construction, implying that it is defined and bounded by the law itself, rather than by social or moral norms
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