SOSC 1375 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Narratology, Orthodontics, Canadian Judicial Council
15 Aug 2018
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Law & everyday life: legal consciousness & law as narrative. Crimes of necessity (stealing food because you are poor and hungry) Child is damaged in accident, grows up with disability. When child turns 16 he and his grandfather sue the mother for support. Just thing to do would be to rule in kids favor. Actually the kid lost because he was technically not a person at the time of the accident. Technically only a person when you take your first breath. Significance changing one law effects many other laws (ex. Asked to be euthanized before the pain became unbearable. Just thing would be to allow her to be euthanized. But it would cause euthanasia to be legal. Substantive law procedural law (statute law and (rules) Substantive law - consists of all laws that set out the rights and obligations of persons.
