POLS 3130 Midterm: Midterm Review

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3130
• Professor: Vito Totino

Document Summary

General facts about politics who gets what when and how process of decision making and the outcomes of decisions made authority over decision making. 3 options for policy makers: status quo or enface stricter laws, decriminalization (no longer criminal o ence, legalization. Rule of law equality for everyone before the law. Roncarelli v. duplessis jehovah"s witness restaurant owner"s liquor licence taken away after he helped other jw"s by bailing them out of jail. Categories of law: private law, public law, substantive law, procedural law rules that involve the relationship between individuals, corporations, organizations etc. rules that govern the relationships involving the state law that de nes how the law is applied. Law is created based on morality of society. Legal positivism law is a body of rules rules are applied and enacted by public o cials legitimacy of authority law is backed by the full force of the state.