Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Clean Hands, Equal Protection Clause, Political Philosophy
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Liberalism: a political philosophy that emphasizes individual freedom as its key organizing view, canadian legal system, machinery that comprises and governs the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government. The canadian constitution: constitution conventions: (?) Senate: there is no senate at the provincial level, municipalities are created by provincial legislation called city councils. Jurisdiction that one level of government holds entirely on its own and not on a shared basis with another level: concurrent jurisdiction: Judges: appointed by both federal and provincial governments, adjudicate on a variety of disputes, 2 types of trial courts: Domestic versus international law: domestic law, the internal law of a given country, which includes both statute and case law. International law: law that governs relations between states and other entities with international legal status. Substantive versus procedural law: substantive law, law that defines rights, duties, liabilities, procedural law, law governing the procedure to enforce rights, duties, and liabilities.