EDRD 2650 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Precedent, Private Law, Public Property

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Environmental Design and Rural Development
• Course: EDRD 2650
• Professor: John Fitzgibbon

Document Summary

Substantive law, procedural law, public law, private law, criminal law, laws that dictate rights, duties, and prohibitions of the state and its citizens (ie. free speech, duty of care, and the act of murder, laws that dictate how the substantive laws are to be used, administered, enforced, and changed by the actors of the legal system, such as the use of court evidence, jury selection criteria, and the application of filing charges, concerned with the structure, duties, and powers of government, and the relations between the state and its" citizens, concerned with the relations between citizens, governs issues such as marriage, divorce, and property. All provincial courts must follow precedents set by supreme court. Legal institutions: legal institution, acts in harmony with the constitution and the canadian charter of rights. & freedoms to govern the private relations within the province. Provincial legislature: same role as house of commons, but at provincial level, and is more bureaucratic.