Law 2101 Midterm: Law Midterm Lecture and Textbook.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Law
• Course: Law 2101
• Professor: Mysty Sybil Clapton

Document Summary

Law publicly prescribed rules that we must follow, failing which we may suffer some adverse consequence. A reflection of common values of society (ex. The process by which dispute are resolved: fair and adequate opportunity to state your case by a judge. Sources of law: statutes (passed by government) Broad and broadly applicable rules passed by legislature. Can be enacted in anticipation of future events (ex. Rules created in anticipation of an environmental problem: regulations (subordinate legislation) Detailed rules refining, applying or further describing broad statutory statements. Flexible change rules as certain circumstances arise. For example refer to lecture one online: common/case law. Each decision determines the law as it applies to that dispute and in theory helps determine the law applicable to other similar matters. Based on principle of stare decisis, the idea that like cases should be decided alike. Court decisions guide the determination of future similar matters by courts. Most important source of law: constitution.