POLS 3130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Social Fact, Judicial Notice, Tobacco Advertising

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3130
• Professor: Ajay Sharma

Document Summary

Judge much more active in proceedings in civil law systems (both civil and criminal: generally, less of an adversarial process with cross-examination more a building up of exchanges of documentation mediated by judge. Rules of evidence: rules of (cid:862)dis(cid:272)o(cid:448)ery(cid:863) try to get all documents from opposing parties and take depositions, civil law - parties produce what they consider to be relevant documents. Historical facts: who did what (to whom) in the past, eg. Used (cid:373)ore i(cid:374) the (cid:862)poli(cid:272)y-(cid:373)aki(cid:374)g(cid:863) style of (cid:272)ourts. Charter of rights tends to invite the use of social facts. [note: supreme court has not been consistent in how much or how conclusive social fact evidence has to be] Historical facts: supplier of exotic dancers in quebec (mr. belmont) wanted to expand business into. Ontario: local supplier of exotic dancers in brampton got some buddies together (including elijah.