Women's Studies 2270A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Feminist Legal Theory, Susan Brooks, Liberal Feminism
19 Jan 2017
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Mary jane mossman: looks at three cases - all supreme court cases - over the span of 15 years. They set bigger precedence so they cover a larger body of people - canada operates within a common law tradition - one exception is quebec (uses civil and common law for various reasons). Significant because it gives judges an immense amount of power vs. civil law tradition that doesn"t. Canada in particular judges were given even more power after the charter was passed in 1985. because judges literally have the power to create judge made law. France - judges do not have this authority - don"t look at what other judges are doing. Here in canada judges follow precedent and it takes effect in a hierarchy: Scc --> appeal courts --> superior provincial courts --> inferior or lower provincial courts. 10 provinces and three territories - things are not the same in all courts.
