Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Indian Act, Canada Act 1982, Family Law

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B
• Professor: James F Hildebrand

Document Summary

Office hours: stevenson hall room 4126 throne in england. Important date: 1066 norman conquest of england. Relied on saxon law to claim: very popular to go to court to get the (cid:498)king"s justice(cid:499, people don"t want to see the law as arbitrary. They want the laws to be consistent: stare decisis to let a decision stand or to stand by a previous decision. This is our: case precedent (general rule) if there is a previous case with similar evidence, the, obiter dicta things said by the way. By explaining the decision does not mean it is system. Not everything in the decision has to stand, only the reason for decision has to stand. Ratio = reason, decedendi = decision** laws were the same all over england. Criminal law is no more judge made law. judge must follow the case (the precedent case) that occurred in the past. binding. Binding = they have to follow it (precedent).