ENVS201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Main Source, Intergenerational Equity, Financial Accounting
9 Dec 2017
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Canadian legal institutions: what you should know, basic understanding of key institutions. Legislatures, courts, administrative branch: how these institutions interact, separation of powers, role of each institution in relation to others, the nature of the common law, process of common law reasoning. The canadian court system is not a unified system: f. The canadian constitution can be viewed in the parliamentary library in ottawa: f. 92 of the constitution: f there is a difference between division and separation of power. The supreme court can overrule itself: t: responsible government requires all legislation to be reasonable: f, responsible government means that the government must maintain the confidence of the legislature: t. Supreme court of canada > federal court of appeal. New brunswick court of appeal > new brunswick provincial court. Tax court of canada < ontario supreme court. Ontario small claims court < ontario court of appeal. Newfoundland court of appeal = nova scotia court of appeal.
