MCS 3040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ultra Vires, Substantive Law, Absolute Liability

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Marketing and Consumer Studies
• Course: MCS 3040
• Professor: Joe Radocchia

Document Summary

Rule of law: everyone is equal in law. Procedural law (the process: how to deal with the case to get it done) Substantive law public law criminal law revelatory law( how many fish you can fishing in a day, the regulations), taxation law, immigration law private law family law, cooperate law, business law, civil law, contract law, tort law . Criminal liability the actor result act mental intent -beyond a reasonable doubt. Civil liability (cid:894)(cid:272)o(cid:374)tra(cid:272)t, (cid:271)usi(cid:374)ess, fa(cid:373)ily (cid:895) plai(cid:374)tiff , defendant d , balance of probabilities. Criminal code canada: english common law (body of law over the century) Precedent- stare, decisis: french civil law( in quebec) quebec civil code. Legislation-regulation, bills, act, code, statues, constitution (how we wish to represent ourselves, (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge, agree among people to create a nation) Ex, criminal law, immigration law, currency banking, media, Ex, property and civil rights (land, building, protection of environment, fishing, mining and oil, education, health care)