LAWS 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Canadian Firearms Registry, Double Aspect, Pith
9 Feb 2013
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Readings for the rest of semester to be posted. > macneil & rio hotel cases (note: these will not be on the exam) > history/issues > trends/lessons > codification; role of a general part. > levels/powers (hoskins; murray) levels of courts however power of the courts not on exam. The other issue is expertise: the experts we have are all lawyers that only look to the technical sides of issues- the problem is that we need to find ways to open up this process to other legal professionals. Judges= referred to as upper class amateurs: meaning their backgrounds are from upper class society, and therefore have little knowledge in bottom level social processes, and therefore are blind as in how to process certain peoples. Is one process more logically set out than another: speed/adaptability: a. k. a flexibility. The criticism of courts; it"s a very slow and haphazard process that results in piecemeal change.
