COMMERCE 4SD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Legal Certainty, Murder 2, Sunset Provision
11 Sep 2018
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The role of law: law not only forbids harmful conduct, but prescribes simple but vital rules that allow us to get on with our everyday lives, ex. Proper driving habits: civil liability: responsibility arising from breach of private law, enforced through lawsuit initiated by victim, persons harmed will be responsible for enforcing law through private or civil suits, ex. In 1982, the charter became part of the constitution. Supreme court refuses to extend charter requirements to them) Fundamental freedoms: a) freedom of conscience and religion, freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication, freedom of peaceful assembly, freedom of association. Sections 11-14 deal with the rights of persons accused of crimes during criminal proceedings against them. Significance of charter for business: gov"t regulates and controls business environment through legislation, retail industry = revolutionized by such a charter argument.
