SOSC 1350- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 75 pages long!)

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1350
• Professor: Julie Dowsett

Document Summary

Lecture 1: introduction to canadian law and the. A brief introduction to canadian law and the official version of law . Legal thinking is based upon the concept of an independent, decontextualized self. [which] functions to suppress our acknowledgement of the profound differences between individuals based on their situation within groups and the profound differences between groups. British common law system countries that implement common law: ireland, uk, us, india, pakistan, srikanka, Singapore, hong kong, australia & canada; all at some point have been colonized by. Discovered in continental europe; exists in most of europe, most of central/south. Form of civil law in louisiana, usa. c. Differences between common and civil law historically, common law was developed by custom; it was before there were any written laws and continued after written law; judicial precedent; written detailed account of what the law is. Civil law relies on a detailed code; corpus juris civilis, napoleonic code, civil code of.