CRM 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Public Law, Private Law
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The nature of law: definition: is recognized and enforced by the government. Law is the body of rules that regulates the conduct of members of society and: function of law: powers to its various branches (ex: constitution act, 1867). determines the structure of our government and assigns duties and. Public law consists of the rules that govern the relations among various branches of the government, and between the government and private citizen. Private law is concerned with the regulation of the relationships that exist among individual members of society: public law. Constitutional law deals with the allocation of powers between the various provinces/territories of canada. Criminal law deals with the crimes, commission of crime is treated as wrong against society as a whole. Administrative law deals with the relationship between the state and individual citizens, and regulates the activities of government agencies: sources of canadian law.