ACTG 2P40 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Superior Court

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Philosophies of law: natural law, religious la(cid:449): all la(cid:449)s spri(cid:374)g fro(cid:373) religio(cid:374); there"s right fro(cid:373) (cid:449)ro(cid:374)g. Example: the 10 commandments; bible: non-religious law: laws that come from the fact that we are humans and we can actually think, legal positivism: natural law is stupid. Laws should be divided into physical and normative. Normative laws are human ways to control other humans; manmade laws. The role of law: governance of conduct. Example: income tax act government says to out government sa(cid:455)s to put (cid:373)o(cid:374)e(cid:455) for the go(cid:448)er(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, do(cid:374)"t spe(cid:374)d it all: the authority for government to act. The government has its own laws too: governance of relationships. Example: contracts the terms in the contracts are laws. Sources of law in canada: three sources of law in canada, the constitution also known as the british north american act. The constitution lists what areas federal, municipal and provincial governments are in charge of.

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