Law 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Legal Positivism, Legal Realism, Limited Government
25 Nov 2017
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What is law: a framework or blueprint, sets standards, regulates behaviour, 3 ps, persons, tort, property, promises, contracts, 4th, populations, philosophical basis for law, natural law, objective moral principles discovered by natural reason. Law is the body of rules that can be enforced by the courts or other government agencies: the above is not on the exam. A primer on constitutions: constitutional law is concerned with the rules governing the use of government power, the state, public law, constitutions reflect the values that a country regards as important. Limited government: the constitution limits the power of the state. Roncarelli v duplessis (1959) 16 dlr (2d) 689 (scc: mr. roncarelli owned a restaurant in montreal, had been in operation since 1912, mr. roncarelli is a jehovah"s witness. Liquor license revoked by quebec"s liquor commission: the quebec liquor commission has the authority to revoke licenses. Are statutes/regulations in english invalid: yes temporarily valid.
