POLSCI 3NN6 Lecture Notes - Public Law, Vise
25 Sep 2013
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Law the area of law that govern that relationship between the state and its citizens, and more particularly, through the use of state power by the state in relation to and in relationship with its citizens. Ones we can find and put our hands on. Public law is more than just written laws informal laws law set through judicial presence- common law its unwritten: dictate how we are governed, civil code (tend to be about private law) and criminal code- written. 91 and 92 of the constitution why one government can do one thing and another one judicial decision. Public laws: apply to a large variety of topics, administrative law- developed around decision making not made by the legislature, made by individual agencies, constitutional law federalism jurisprudence water tight compartment theory. A whole area that the provinces can do and the federal government cannot and vise versa: charter of rights and freedom & constitution, criminal code/criminal law.
