POLS 257 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Constitution Act, 1982, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Precedent
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Where does law come from: religion, despite of personal safety, ancient rome, structure in society, common practice, statutes, values, separation of state, necessity, forced upon, wrong doings. Defining the law is affected by: history, theory (how did people do it?, legal system in place (resonates from ancient rome, social realities (necessity) Three philosophical theories that help explain the basis of the law (pg. Pols 257: remember, cheffins and tucker law, in our view, is that part of the. Professor gall"s treatise, two parts to the law : positive law specifically set out in various sources of law, and, all other conceptions and notions of binding law (natural law, mortality, orthodox religious beliefs), cf. Figure 2. 1, p. 23: chamberlain v. surrey school district no. 710, 2002 scc 86: asked to consider the school district. There is a broad social consensus on many moral subjects.
