GNG 4170 Lecture : Lecture 1 law.pdf
2 Jun 2014
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There are 2 sources of law: legislation. The specific laws written down are called legislation. It is what canada is allowed can do, and what rules and stuff that the provinces can do. -it is all written under the constitution ex: for engineers in ontario, you have to write the peo exam, however there could be different requirements per province. All the power doesn"t reside just in canada, in all the province, hence, division of powers: common law. Decisions that happened before are relevant for cases today in court. Past decisions can be relied on for similar cases. Theory of precedence - the strongest decisions are made by the supreme court of canada. K= stands for contract law: criminal law. First issue: it"s the state who is bringing proceedings against the criminal. ex: r v tiesma state vs person. If the person is found responsible for the crime, they are guilty.
