Women's Studies 2270A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Rex (Title), Headnote, Learned Helplessness
2 Mar 2017
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Case law affects the way was the law is administered, legislation is made. Stare decisis the decision stands in future cases of similarity. Supreme court of canada binds to the whole of canada. Persuasive precedent when a case is not binding, but you still want to use the case as an example. Also applies to dissent, because dissents are never binding. Persuasive cases can be international, dissents, or from decisions of lower courts. Cases read in this class are compiled by the supreme court reporter they are well organised and lots of additional information is provided. Will have scr at the top of every page supreme court report. The supreme court gets to choose which cases they hear. They choose cases that have widespread effects on the whole of canada. R regina (queen) or rex (king) Next to scr on the top of every page is the year that the case was published.
