LAW 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Canada Marine Act, Ultra Vires, Section 1 Of The Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms
19 Apr 2018
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In law and business, we base our decisions on legal principles. Always consider/think about the risks: three steps. Depending on what kind of business you have. Reacting to the legal risks that have been identified: what type of law do we pursue public/private. Theme: categories/types of canadian law: public/private law, focus on private law, law places everything into categories. Theme: canadian legal systems, common law/civil law definitions of common law: common law derived from english law, except quebec, involves all provinces, common law can be judge made law based on precedent or based on constitution/legislation. Definitions of civil law: different meanings depending on context, civil law (legal system e. g. quebec/france) vs common law (england) jurisdictions, private vs. public law (e. g. civil law vs crim law) Sources of law: constitution act 1982, legislation (provincial/federal, courts, canadian constitution (cid:373)ea(cid:374)t it did(cid:374)"t (cid:396)e(cid:395)ui(cid:396)e b(cid:396)itai(cid:374) to (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)e(cid:374)d thei(cid:396) (cid:272)o(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374) o(cid:374)to ca(cid:374)ada, grows/evolves with canadian values.
