Law 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Official Language, Limited Government, Constitutionalism
5 Dec 2017
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What is law: framework or a blueprint sets standards and regulates behaviours, 3 p"s: persons (torts), property, promises (contracts, agreements we make, 4th is populations. Constitutionalism & rule of law: a primer on constitutions, constitutional law is concerned with the rules governing the use of government power idea that powers of government ought to be limited, and limited by law. The states role in society, how it interacts with the people of the country, the public that are in the territory, how it interacts with other nations and other states, with other entities. This is the public law side: constitutions reflect the values that a country regards as important. Roncarelli v. duplessis: mr. roncarelli owned a restaurant in montreal been in operation since 1912. For 30-40 years its had a liquor license: he is a jehovah"s witness he was providing bail for other jehovah"s witnesses.
