The Charter and Policing

How the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms shapes police work: legal rights in sections 7 to 14, the right to counsel, exclusion of evidence under section 24(2) and the leading Supreme Court of Canada cases.

LES-111 Year 1 3 credits 5 lessons planned ▶ Video lessons coming soon

Offered by HSM University · Engineering Core

Course content

  1. 1Constitutional rights and policeComing
  2. 2Search and seizure rightsComing
  3. 3Rights on arrest and detentionComing
  4. 4Exclusion of evidenceComing
  5. 5Leading court decisionsComing

Requirements

Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.

Description

How the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms shapes police work: legal rights in sections 7 to 14, the right to counsel, exclusion of evidence under section 24(2) and the leading Supreme Court of Canada cases.

Part of the Engineering stream, typically taken in year 1.