EN 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Fahrenheit
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R stands for regina, or her majesty, the queen . Both cases are at national level a business owner v. the state decided at the scc (supreme court of canada) level. Ssc decisions voted on by multiple justices outcome determined by the majority. One justice will write the majority decision- that"s the one that"s binding. Butler, the majority decision is written by justice sopinka. Before majority decision. there is a general introduction that provides context. Sometimes another justice will mostly agree with the majority decision, but want to elaborate on or use different justifications. They will write a concurring opinion ex. in rv. If the justices aren"t unanimous, someone will write a dissenting opinion ex. in litte sister"s v. canada, justice iacobucci writes a partially dissenting opinion. Its very important to take note of which part is which. 2 candidates, 1 seemingly designed to win and the other to lose. Plato"s allegros of the cave (from the republic)