POLS 3130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Obiter Dictum, Canadian Judicial Council, Ratio Decidendi

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3130
• Professor: Kate Puddister

Document Summary

Term paper (30%) 10-12 pages, due mar 30 midnight. Rest of this week course notes printed pp. Style of cause [year] volume reporter rst page. Style of cause is name of case r v or name v name. Recent case: style of case [year] court name case number. Will be provided. just have to nd them. In oakes, (see: r v. oakes [1987] 1 s. c. r. Citing the judge/court (not scc) (likely not need) R v. carosella (1995) 26 o. r. (3d) 209 (c. a. ) Have understanding of decision and ratio is binding for precedence. Always use the of cial reporter for sc cases: scr. The case name (style of cause) should always be in italics. Do not borrow" from the header for brief. For advanced citation: canadian guide to uniform legal citation. Library website, journal search bar put lawsource", click rst one, click case and decisions, click scc, then search case, check with of cial citation.