LAWS 1000 Lecture Notes - Plain Meaning Rule, Mischief Rule, Statutory Interpretation
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Laws lecture notes november 2, 2012. Board its source of legitimacy is not very clear and is less formal: info from slide: ), and continuous surveillance of industry/ relation (specialized: trouble: regulatory capture (e. g. oil spill in us), informality, inaccessible, context example: Crtc broadcasting act set them to serve the canadian public functions: overseas mergers and accusations, issues licenses, encourages competitions in telecommunications, responsible for public information and consulting, public relations, regulating telecommunications. Power: how communications operate in canada, appointed unelected officials. Grey area: not responsible exactly for internet. Bell-astral deal: goal of astral was to merge to maintain balance in competition. Legislation (example: administrative law) interests are in resolution and legal action: courts. Engaged in facts legal facts only (particular) Has a narrow sense of justice individual cases reactive can be long process interested in justice legislature is not interested in individual case interested in broader questions. Enforces state value and interest at cost of individual at times.
