ENV 319 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Reasonable Person
24 Jan 2013
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An introduction to environmental law and policy in canada. By: p. muldoon, a. lucas, r. gibson, and p. pickfield. Canadian legislatures make law by enacting statutes and making regulations under these statutes. Common law judge-made decisions about similar cases stretching back in time. Legitimacy a law gains legitimacy by being made by legitimate authorities. Law works best if it widely accepted. Any law that is not generally accepted by those expected to obey it is difficult to apply. Has characteristics and ideas common to most people in the community. As nomads, tribes looked to their leaders or elders who had decades of experience. Hammurabi, king of babylon made the first known written code 4,000 years ago. According to aristotle, law is properly an application of reason for the common good.
