LAW 201 Lecture 1: Law 201 lecture January 17
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Case law previous decisions by judges, become a source of law for new cases. Order of priority of the sources of law in canada: constitution, decisions from the supreme court, valid legislation, decisions from other courts. Each case represents a new rule, application of an old rule, or refinement of an old rule. We read cases to figure out the rules. A judicial decision may express more than one rule. Case law is kind of organic evolution of growth from previous experiences. Case law comes from judicial decisions in real cases. A concise statement of the law, taken from a judicial decision. If these are the facts then this rule applies and here is the outcome.
