The death penalty is illegal today in Canada. Just like the code of Hammurabi, The Justinian Law by the Romans states that laws must be recorded. People should be treated equally in the eyes of law regardless of their class. The famous and still used rule today is that a person is innocent until proven guilty comes from the Justinian law. The accuser must have serious evidence to prove someone guilty but until then, they are not. Moreover, justice cannot be left in the hands of judges alone to interpret the outcome of cases. In court, the judge is not the only one making the verdict but also a jury who gets an input. People have also contributed to influencing Canadian law today like St. Thomas Aquinas. Aquinas believed that there should be four characterises to laws: must me reasonable, for common good, made my competent authority, and enforced and followed. Laws are still seemed as reasonable and for common good today. Laws are placed to ensure peoples safety and rights. The government makes these laws, who are a competent authority. They are elected or chosen because of their qualifications and ideas to improve the government and
The death penalty is illegal today in Canada. Just like the code of Hammurabi, The Justinian Law by the Romans states that laws must be recorded. People should be treated equally in the eyes of law regardless of their class. The famous and still used rule today is that a person is innocent until proven guilty comes from the Justinian law. The accuser must have serious evidence to prove someone guilty but until then, they are not. Moreover, justice cannot be left in the hands of judges alone to interpret the outcome of cases. In court, the judge is not the only one making the verdict but also a jury who gets an input. People have also contributed to influencing Canadian law today like St. Thomas Aquinas. Aquinas believed that there should be four characterises to laws: must me reasonable, for common good, made my competent authority, and enforced and followed. Laws are still seemed as reasonable and for common good today. Laws are placed to ensure peoples safety and rights. The government makes these laws, who are a competent authority. They are elected or chosen because of their qualifications and ideas to improve the government and