BU231 Lecture Notes - Qualified Privilege, Torstar, Nuisance
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Managing risk: assessing potential legal risks that businesses face, determining methods to reduce that risk. Prevention: devising strategies to cope with legal issues when they arise. The legal system in canada: common law vs. civil law. Quebec follows civil system of law, all of their laws are codified. Most english speaking countries follow common law system. Within common law system there is civil law, which is law between civilians (civil) where civilian vs crown is criminal. If a statute is enacted that violates charter, then the supreme court can strike it down. Judges can also not create a law that violates a statue: higher the court, the more stature a law has however a low court judge can set precedent, but cannot violate statute or charter, statute. Law that is codified (written down) and is created by the various levels of government. Judge made law stare decisis: precedent. People referring to prior cases and their decisions to influence their cases.