LAW 201- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 34 pages long!)
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Module one: the role of lawyers and judges - the canadian legal system. Law review final exam: the role of lawyers in canadian society/the rule of law, how judges are appointed, the canadian court system, sources of law, statutes, common law, precedent, introduction to legal ethics. In most cases, lawyers find a reasonable ethical stance for themselves. If they do not follow these rules, they will be punished (suspended, censured, or ever disbarred) Division and the federal court of appeal are both special statutory courts that you can see on the right- hand side of this slide. Like the provincial courts, they have no inherent jurisdiction. Appeals from the provincial court of justice go to the. Appeals from the divisional court and the ontario superior court go to the. Superior court: ontario divisional court is made up of judges from the ontario superior court sitting either alone or in panels of all 3.
