CRJS 1013 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Section 33 Of The Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms, Grammatical Person, Minority Language
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Common people, through human reasoning have said this is right, and this is wrong. Beliefs, customs, traditions, social norms, social values etc. Also referred to as judge made law based on the decisions made by judges. These decisions establish the principles that judges follow in other future cases having similar issues, similar circumstances and hence make similar decisions. Duke of normandy conquered britain each jurisdiction had different rules and regulations, so he concocted the idea that the rule of the land should rule the people. Appointed judges to go to each jurisdiction and sit in their court proceedings to see what types of crimes, customs, and beliefs they follow and how the conflicts were followed. Judges would assist, discus with the local authorities, and then come together to discuss the cases they encountered and their judgments. Came back to the kings court and he asked them to right the written law.