Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Retributive Justice, North American Free Trade Agreement

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B
• Professor: Loren King

Document Summary

Rule, passed/created by government that people must follow. Three sources of law in canada: (1) constitution (most important, trumps all other laws) In canada, government is subject to the law (can"t do whatever they want, they must follow the law as well, you can sue the government in canada) Division of powers: 91 (federal) and s. 92 (provincial) of bna act. Divides law making power from federal and provincial government. Whichever one has the higher penalty, you must do the higher penalty if both federal and provincial are conflicting. Every person in canada has some fundamental rights and freedom (big list) The charter only applies to government action (section 32) Only gov"t can infringe charter of rights (section 33) not withstanding clause --> if gov"t wants to violate the charter (some) then it can put in statute not withstanding the charter of rights and freedoms . Big limitation on charter (section one) reasonable limits on rights and freedoms.