BUSI 4000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Clean Hands, Public Health, Equal Protection Clause
8 Dec 2017
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The machinery that comprises and governs the legislative, executive & judicial branches of government. Legislative branch: the branch of government that creates statute law. Statute law: formal, written laws created or enacted by the legislative branch of government. Jurisdiction: the power that a given level of government has to enact laws. All canadian laws must comply with the canadian constitution. Is hard to change a special amending formula must be met. Rules that are not enforceable by a court of law but that practically determine how a given power is exercise by government. Ex: the office of prime minister does not formally exist in our constitutional documents. Contains the division of powers exclusive federal jurisdiction (s. 91), such as: currency, national defense, criminal law, banking, postal service. Exclusive provincial jurisdiction (s. 92) includes: hospitals, property & civil rights with the province, administration of justice, local matters, incorporation of provincial corporations, municipalities.
