LAW 525 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Absolute Liability
28 Mar 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Anitrust law, ani combines law and compeiion law is all the same (called compeiion law today) Used to prevent any business or group of business from geing an unfair advantage. Combines act now compeiion act is jusiied under secion 91 (2) consituion 1867 due to gm case in chapter 2 making it federal. Secion 92 (13) afects mater of contract , can only address within the province. Naional compeiion problem compeiion act will be used. Secion 52 (1)-true criminal intent due to knowingly acing , cannot be an absolute liability due to jail in 52 (5) Compeiion bureau is federal has a commissioner and compeiion tribunal, can decide certain compeiion act issues. Is it possible in provincial legislaion that jail can be a penalty, yes secion 92 (15) consituion act. Just because there is jail, it is not a suicient indicator as it is not mandatory. Don"t mistake 92 (1) with 92. 1 completely diferent thing.
