SOSC 1350 Midterm: Midterm Review.docx

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1350
• Professor: Olena Kobzar

Document Summary

Procedural law - outlines the steps and procedures involved in protecting and enforcing the rights given under. Substantive law, i. e. the rules of court, etc. Public law regulates the relationships between the state and individuals, or between states. Civil law - regulates the personal relationships between two private parties. Criminal law state defined prohibitions with penalties. Constitutional law - laws establishing the make-up of government and the division of powers between federal and provincial governments. Administrative law - governs the activities of administrative agencies of government. Family law - deals with the relationships between individuals living together. Tort law - deals with private wrongs committed against one another, e. g. injury caused by negligence. A unified court system effectively consolidates separately-run courts into one all-encompassing court system that is centrally governed. The process of court unification is typically delivered and designed to address certain problems that revolve around the proliferation of courts at the local level.