Right public of Canada

Constitutional law

Administrative law

Right criminal

See also: criminal Right of Canada

The promulgation of the criminal laws is under the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal government; this situation is with the antipode system of criminal laws of the United States, and constitutes a notable reversal of the usual formula of the strong Canadian provinces and weak American States. Consequently, Canada has a criminal Code which applies everywhere to through the country. The provinces promulgate however, each one separately, of the infringements " quasi-criminelles" in various administrative and different fields. The administration of justice and the punishments is under provincial competence, therefore each province manages the majority of the criminal laws and criminal by the provincial and municipal police forces.

Before the coming into effect of the Canadian Charter of the rights and freedoms in 1982, it was rather common for a provincial law to be defied in front of the courts as being a criminal law, and consequently, as being beyond legislative competences of the province in question. For example, several provincial laws which tried to restrict the pornography, the prostitution and the procedures of abortion were invalidated and regarded as being criminal laws.

Right public of Canada

Constitutional law

Administrative law

Right criminal

Revenue duty

Public legal right