GLIS 691 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Jargon
18 Jun 2018
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Lecture 9: Subject Domain- Law: March 23rd 2018
Legal systems are different around the world;
oCanada;
Supreme court
Court Martial/Appeal Court
oMilitary Court
Provincial/Territorial/Courts of Appeal
oProvincial/Territorial Superior Courts
Provincial/Territorial Courts
Provincial/Territorial Administrative Tribunals
Federal Court of Appeal
oFederal Court
Federal Administrative Tribunals
oTax Court of Canada
Legislative Process;
oProposed government policy
Informal and ad hoc review and consultation
Preparation of Memorandum to Cabinet (MC)
Cabinet committee considers MC and prepares a committee report
Cabinet ratifies committee report
Department of Justice drafters draft the bill
Bill reviewed by minister of the sponsoring department and by the
Government House Leader
Notice of intent from Government house leader to introduce bill in
parliament
Introduction and first reading (HOUSE)
Second reading (house)
Committee stage (house)
Report stage (HOUSE)
Third Reading (HOUSE)
First Reading (SENATE)
Second reading (SENATE)
Committee stage (SENATE)
Third reading (SENATE)
Royal Assent
Act comes into force according to the coming into force provisions.
Sources of Law:
oPrimary sources;
Legislation
Case law
Products of official bodies
Affect rights
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Document Summary
Lecture 9: subject domain- law: march 23rd 2018. Legal systems are different around the world: canada; Provincial/territorial/courts of appeal: provincial/territorial superior courts. Federal court of appeal: federal court. Federal administrative tribunals: tax court of canada. Cabinet committee considers mc and prepares a committee report. Department of justice drafters draft the bill. Bill reviewed by minister of the sponsoring department and by the. Notice of intent from government house leader to introduce bill in parliament. Act comes into force according to the coming into force provisions. Canada, us, uk, france, south africa, commonwealth, select international law: westlaw. Case law, legislation, citators, case digests, journal articles, indexes, encyclopedias, dictionaries. Canlii acquired lexum: not user friendly, full of jargon, abreviations, and other horrors, highly efficient (well indexed, cost a lot, designed for practicing lawyers, accessible through the mcgill- learn them while you can. Legal research process: get assignment, analyze facts/search terms, search secondary sources, search primary sources, update findings, stop researching-start writing.
