SOSC 2350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Precedent, Canada Act 1982, Judicial Activism
18 Nov 2016
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Law: its making and organization (cid:862)the calendar will soon be chock full of bills, many of which had been voted down by previous. Now the conservatives have a majority, all this legislation will pass Reequip the state with powers to fight te(cid:396)(cid:396)o(cid:396)is(cid:373)(cid:863) Bill: not yet law, has been introduced but cannot be enforced yet (proposed legislation in front of federal parliament that has not yet been passed as law) Committees at both the senate and house of commons Law reflects the social consensus of a particular country, province or city and how they govern themselves. Law is rational, and a rational reflection and way of organizing society. Rational means for protecting the members of society from social harm simplistic theory. Law brings society together to function as single machine. Law as a restatement of customs enforced by legal institutions -- a crystallization of custom, of the existing normative order** Laws are passed because they represent the voice of the people.
