SOSC 1350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Law Society, Bonhams, Wheelchair Ramp
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When an act of parliament is against common right and reason, or repugnant, or impossible to b common law will control it and adjudge such act to be void. Rights work where people are in a position to press for them; for others they give only the carica. Recall: most if not all of these rights were underpinned by ideas of equality. No one would claim to be against equality (in general) The concept of equality has been discussed and debated by feminists for a long time. Most feminists will contend that equality has some degree of utility. The concept of equality has been discussed by many scholars. In socio-legal studies and canadian law, there are generally two competing conceptions o. Premised on the idea of treating likes alike (comes from aristotle) Everyone should be equally subject to the law; however, there is a belief that specific gro based on that.