[SSCI 1010U] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 110 pages long Study Guide!

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Indigenous legal traditions: please jot down what indigenous law is according to these scholars. Law is more than a system of government-pronounced rules (i. e. , centralized rules produced by the state) Every jurisdiction includes other legal regimes, for example: formal law: state actors federal and provincial legislation, regulations, Judge-made law: informal law: non-state actors professional associations (for example, ona) and corporate-oriented groups (for example, csa, iso) and international. What is the significance of a narrow or broad perspective of law: narrow for example, law as system of prescribe rules, broad for example, law as system of principles by which society should operate. Age of majority and accountability act, r. s. o. What function of law is supported by the age of majority: establishment and maintenance of order in society, promotion of justice and fairness, response to, and promotion of social change. Does law reflect values: natural law legal theorists there exists natural values and values (morality) should underpin man-made laws.