POLS 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Marc Nadon, Judicial Activism, Justin Trudeau

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Laws: avoiding arbitrary state laws, rules of behaviour concerning the relationship and disputes involving individuals, businesses, groups and the state, dealing with social relationships. Relationships with organizations, individuals, businesses, ect: provide order in society, processes/rules to deal with disputes. Private law: areas of laws dealing with the relationships among individuals, groups and businesses theatre primarily of private interest rather than general public interest: contract, property, family, torts (disputes) Public/common law: laws concerning the relationship of the state to individuals and laws concerning the authority and operations with state. (politcial science deal with this more: criminal law, constitutional (federalism and charter) (courts become empire, administrative, tax. Statutory law: laws that has been passed by an act of parliament or a provincial legislature. (50+1 %). Can be delegated to other municipalities so they can pass bylaws as well but must be given the power. Common law: law based on the accumulation of court decisions. Based on precedent and it becomes the way.

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