MCS 2600 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Employment Discrimination, Small Claims Court, Equal Protection Clause

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Marketing and Consumer Studies
• Course: MCS 2600
• Professor: Lianne Foti

Document Summary

Statement of claim: a document setting out the basis for a legal complaint. The canadian legal system is the machinery that comprises and regulates the government. The government has 3 branches : legislative branch: creates law in form of statutes and regulations, executive branch: formulates and regulates government policy and law. Government policy: the central ideas or principles that guide government in its work including the kind of laws it passes: judicial branch: umpires on disputes. Constitutional law: the supreme law of canada that constrains & controls how the branches of government exercise power. Liberalism: a political philosophy that elevates individual freedom and autonomy as its key organizing value ( the values of a nation ) Canadian legal system: the machinery that comprises and governs the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government. The legislative branch of government passes laws that impact on business operations (e. g. Ignorance of law could mean out on missed opportunities to influence government policy)