LAWS 1000 Lecture Notes - War Measures Act
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Legal norms are those that are imposed by cops, jails etc. We can tell if something is legal or not by the sanctions imposed. Public must approve laws and then they are enforced. If there is no sanction to law, then there is no law** Citizenship acts as a bridge b/w dissent and social control. Citizenship as a status that gives you access to certain rights and obligations. Natural part of law based on a command structure. Peace and order are going to be favored over individual rights - canada. The phrase of bread and circuses originated in the work of juvenal. * bread and circuses - bestowing people with bene ts has a long history on controlling social dissent. *eg hst in british columbia: social movement against harmonization of sales taxes. *gas went up because the hst, things that weren t taxed are taxed now, and those that were taxed aren t anymore.