Women's Studies 2270A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Bertha Wilson, Precedent, Blackletter
3 Mar 2017
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Canada - we have binding precedent - i. e animal rights case in alberta - lengthiest decisions having to do with canada - tried to appeal to scc wasn"t having it so its stopped at alberta court of appeal. Let"s say something similar happened in manitoba and they looked at that case. Case law - quite relevant to legal professions - black letter and case law. Bertha wilson drew on two american cases to talk about r. v. Sometimes we look at scc or appeal court cases. Every case starts with the style of cause: r. v. lavallee at this level its always been a lower appeal of a court. Criteria is it has to have some sort of significance to all of canada. R in case law stands for regina - order tends to not be reversed. Heard before the courts - on oct 31 1989. What happened before entering the court room - first story: her killing her husband.
