SOSC 1375 Lecture Notes - Positive Law, O. J. Simpson, Canadian Judicial Council
12 Mar 2013
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Might coincide in some cases also might not eg. crime of necessity. Married and 8 months pregnant, driving in a icy winter and got into an accident and damaged the baby . The child was born but he was damaged and needs 24/7 hours support. The grandfather sues the mother for the 24 hour support that the child would need because of that accident. They only become a human being when they take their first breath, but the damage was done before that so she was not at fault so they could not sue them. She went to court and wants to choice when she can die and how she dies. Wants to get assisted suicide from a doctor to die painlessly. This was why the court did not open up assisted suicide. Substantive law procedural law (statute law and (rules) Substantive law - consists of all laws that set out the rights and obligations of persons.
