PSCI100 Lecture : PSCI 291 - THE CANADIAN LEGAL PROCESS FULL COURSE NOTES.doc

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Political Science
• Course: PSCI100
• Professor: Marie Armstrong

Document Summary

Laws: are imposed on us by an external body, control conflict, compel us to behave in a certain way. What makes something a legal rule: enforced by the authority and power of the state. How are laws created: passed (approved) by a legislature, pronouncements of judges. Why do we obey: hart said that we have a habit of obedience . Interpret laws by giving accurate meaning to the words, without fitting to morals. Key points from last week: a legal rule is enforced by the authority and power of the state, purpose of law. Locke regulate human activity: natural law. Human law must conform to the moral requirements of natural law which is superior to human law: legal positivism. A valid law is made in accordance with accepted procedure. If anyone is committing a robbery and is caught, then he shall be.