[LAWS 1000] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (23 pages long!)

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Law
• Course: LAWS 1000
• Professor: Vincent Kazmierski

Document Summary

Study guide (pg 13-31) chapter 2 - cultural context: legal cultures in canada. Thursday, september 22, 2016 (a) the environment of canada"s judicial system. Canada = an industrialized & urbanized society who has experienced modernization : an increased complexity in canadian law. For the judicial system: an increased insistence on the possession of professional legal credentials by those adjudicating disputes about the law: an increased professionalization of canada"s legal institutions. Felt in the administration of canadian courts: increasing recognition of the merit of applying specialized administrative skills + the techniques of the computer age to managing court case ows. Ex. family law - squabbling spouses turn to lawyers & courts to settle disputes: increased reliance on enforcement of the criminal law rather than more informal communal sanctions as a means of maintaining social order. Places increased burdens on canadian courts to provide a judicial presence in the processing of those selected by the police for criminal prosecution.