ADMS 2610 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Lex Mercatoria, Concurrent Jurisdiction
23 Feb 2017
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Some highlights of lecture 1 on chapters 1 and 2. Synonyms for statutes are legislation, or enactments or acts of parliament or acts. 1867 (now called the constitution act, 1867); and the canadian charter of rights and. Exclusive jurisdiction means that the jurisdiction held by that particular level of government is not shared with another. In other words, if the federal government has exclusive jurisdiction in a specific area such as criminal law, the provinces cannot enact or make or pass any laws in that area. Sometimes, however, a given area does not fall into section 91 or 92 so that both the provinces and the federal government can pass laws relating to that area. However, where both the federal government and a province or provinces pass laws that conflict with one another, something called the doctrine of paramountcy applies.
