LAWS 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Royal Assent, Assisted Human Reproduction Act, Responsible Government
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Production of criminal law: the roles of the. Law is made of rules that govern interactions. Policy less concrete: shapes and direct law. Deals with many laws that help govern laws to the society: statute of westminster, 1931, other statutes that amended the ca, 1867. Is responsible when getting approval or passing a law: constitutionally-entrenched individual & group rights, concentration of power vs. Separation of powers; judicial independence: separation of powers, more concentration power in the executive branch, judicial is i(cid:374)depe(cid:374)de(cid:374)t f(cid:396)o(cid:373) the go(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t; so, the(cid:396)e is(cid:374)"t a(cid:374)(cid:455) influences on decision making, flexibility vs. Stability: flexibility: so, laws can evolve overtime, stability: to have a functional system. Refer to questions 4 & 5 on page 122: arguments for, avoids arbitrariness, remedy confusion over application of legal tests (e. g. self defense, addresses system inefficiency (e. g. time/cost, comprehensive & coherent. 3: arguments against, entrenches current disadvantages, freezes legal approach/dissuades evolution of law, complex social realities, difficult to achieve political will/consensus.
