LAWS 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Canadian Judicial Council, Small Claims Court, Rosalie Abella

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Law can"t be defined to a pin point but however it can be what ever we want it to be. Is the thesis that the existence and content of law depends on social facts and not on its merits. : when it comes to law it"s characterizing law into groups. Tell your story and explain your problem (client) Yes it is because it helps us to. Categorizing things into classification can have some problems. Helps make sense of how to approach a problem. Legal systems are comprised of: legal institutions, procedures, rules. The part of the law that creates, defines, and regulates the rights, duties, and powers of parties. The rules that prescribe the steps for having a right or duty judicially enforced, as opposed to the law that defines the specific rights or duties themselves. The rules of how the law will operate.