BUS 393 Lecture Notes - Precedent, Rex (Title), Judiciary Of Australia
19 Sep 2012
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Law: body of rules that can be enforced by the courts or other government agencies. Business law: any of those rules in law which relate to business. Canadian law: canadian constitution and the charter. Defending or representing clients in courts or outside courts. R. v. bob: rex (king) or regina (queen) against bob, state initiated. Charter of rights and freedom: rights of the people. Division of power between governments: gives authority to provinces and federal entities to enforce law, but only federal government has power to create criminal law. Statues: acts passed by federal or provincial parliaments, aka legislation. Judge"s decisions in courts are not so important for developing the law: judges do not make law" in a civil law system. Stare decisis: what is decided earlier must be followed when the decision made is equal or higher in. Judge-made laws where there are no rules for the court hierarchy (same province)
