CRIM 135 Study Guide - Parliamentary Sovereignty
22 Feb 2013
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You can t have law unless there is law marker some society is god, morarch. Both legislatures and courts as sources of law. In democracy = people make the law - these people fall into two categories: people we elect to legislatures who make a form of law called legislation , judges who make case law . Most important form of law today primary role in making law: primary legislation: statutes. All power comes from the constitution the most basic and fundamental law there is all legal power resides. In canada, our constitution allocates the legislative power to 11 legislatures (institutions that make laws) 10 provincial legislatures and federal legislature (parliament: each provincial legislatures have same legislative authority and they exercise it under their provinces. Provincial legislative authority - health care, education: federal parliament exercise their power to the entire country. Federal legislative authority - eg criminal law, foreign affairs.
