SOSC 1375 Chapter Notes -Voir Dire
20 Nov 2013
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Chapter 3, the organization of law in law and. The author defines several key terms that are important to the study and practice of law. There are three main types of disputes: private, public-initiated and public defendant. Private disputes include examples of tort law (personal wrongs committed against one another, such as an auto collision due to negligence) and criminal law (a murder) where initially, there is no involvement of public authority. The public-initiated disputes include wrongs/crimes in which a law that the government seeks to enforce has been breached. The public defendant dispute is one in which the government is the defendant and the citizens challenge the authority that they have. The author also outlines the organization of the court system in canada, as below: Court martial appeal court of (appeals and trial division) There are numerous specific provincial/territorial courts in canada as well, including the drug treatment.
