Management and Organizational Studies 2276A/B Lecture Notes - Canada Revenue Agency, Legal Guardian, Punitive Damages

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2276A/B
• Professor: Phillip King

Document Summary

2013-01-17 1:38 pm: erin schwartz, 2008 developed a software program to download documents, wasn"t charged for making available judicial information to public, was charged for making academic journals available to public, sopa. Halted through efforts of a number of people. Idea of precedence treat like cases alike: gives us consistency; provides fairness, provides efficiency; same facts = same result, provides us with predictability and certainty, 2 major parts: Treat like cases alike; chronologically, we can expect a court to rule in a similar way to how a court has already ruled. Lower courts must follow decisions of higher courts. Courts of a particular province are not required to follow decisions of courts in other provinces: 2 biggest criticisms: May result in courts not examining cases carefully enough; tendency to apply precedent without thoroughly investigating the merits of a particular or individual case. In the business world, anything that lessens risk is valuable.