DCC 2118 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: United States Territorial Court, Joint Committee, Arson

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Droit (Certificat)
• Course: DCC 2118
• Professor: Youri Tessier- Stall

Document Summary

What is case law: precedent, binding on which courts, limited to these facts, still the (cid:858)(cid:272)u(cid:396)(cid:396)e(cid:374)t state of the la(cid:449)(cid:859), smaller piece of a bigger puzzle (interlocutory proceeding, convistion, sentencing) , what does the case mean. How to take notes on a case: jurisdiction, f : facts, i : issues, r : rule and ratio, a : application, dissent, c : conclusion. Sources of public law, the rule of law and constitutionalism sept. 19th 2017. How did canada get common law: canada was a colony (french then british, indigenous legal systems and traditions here first. Precedent: stability, consistency, fairness, efficency, keeps judicial bias in check, stare decisis : latin term to describe reliance on precedent, idea that judges are bound to apply past cases. Ratio decedendi : general rule that explains the result (reason for decide: the rule you find within the case is the part that is binding. Obiter dicta : things said by the way.