RSM225H1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Intestacy, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Trial Division
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Who makes the law: the govt through legislation, legislation is made by federal, provincial and even local govt (regulations passed by a licence committee of a town council, courts through case decisions. Court always refers to the code to settle a dispute: common law(canada): based on the recorded reasons given by courts for their decisions and adapted by judges in later cases. 3. supreme court law. acts: overruling precedent cases undermines the need for consistency and predictability in, supreme court must be able to overrule itself. The variety of sources: govts also make laws. Govt source of law is referred to as legislation, statutes, or: subordinate legislation: law created by administrative agencies whose authority is granted by statute in order to carry out the purposes of the legislation (administrative law) Statutes: sometimes legislatures enact statutes to codify existing case law precedents in an, courts decision on the meaning of a statute form a precedent.
