Law 2101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Official Language, Henry Morgentaler, Limited Government

• School: Western University
• Department: Law
• Course: Law 2101
• Professor: Mysty Sybil Clapton

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Law is a body of rules that can be enforced by the courts or other government agencies. A framework or blueprint that sets standards and regulate behaviours. Population (how we interact in the population) Natural law: objective moral principles discovered by natural reason. Legal positivism: the law is whatever the ruler says. Legal realism: the law is whatever the court says. All laws are rules but not all rules are laws. Constitutional law is concerned with the rules governing the use of government power. Powers of the government are limited a limited government. If (cid:28666)(cid:28674)(cid:28681)(cid:28664)(cid:28677)(cid:28673)(cid:28672)(cid:28664)(cid:28673)(cid:28679)(cid:28704)(cid:28678) (cid:28660)(cid:28662)(cid:28679)(cid:28668)(cid:28674)(cid:28673)(cid:28678) (cid:28660)(cid:28677)(cid:28664) (cid:28668)(cid:28673)(cid:28662)(cid:28674)(cid:28673)(cid:28678)(cid:28668)(cid:28678)(cid:28679)(cid:28664)(cid:28673)(cid:28679) (cid:28682)(cid:28668)(cid:28679)(cid:28667) (cid:28662)(cid:28674)(cid:28673)(cid:28678)(cid:28679)(cid:28668)(cid:28679)(cid:28680)(cid:28679)(cid:28668)(cid:28674)(cid:28673), (cid:28668)(cid:28679)(cid:28678) (cid:28660)(cid:28662)(cid:28679)(cid:28668)(cid:28674)(cid:28673)(cid:28678) (cid:28660)(cid:28677)(cid:28664) (cid:28668)(cid:28671)(cid:28671)(cid:28664)(cid:28666)(cid:28660)(cid:28671) Canadian constitution limits the power of federal and provincial governments by assigning certain matters to each government. (cid:28636)(cid:28665) (cid:28675)(cid:28677)(cid:28674)(cid:28681)(cid:28668)(cid:28673)(cid:28662)(cid:28668)(cid:28660)(cid:28671) (cid:28675)(cid:28660)(cid:28678)(cid:28678)(cid:28664)(cid:28678) (cid:28660) (cid:28671)(cid:28660)(cid:28682) (cid:28679)(cid:28667)(cid:28660)(cid:28679)(cid:28704)(cid:28678) (cid:28673)(cid:28674)(cid:28679) (cid:28682)(cid:28668)(cid:28679)(cid:28667)(cid:28668)(cid:28673) (cid:28668)(cid:28679)(cid:28678) jurisdiction, then that law is invalid. Any law that infringes on the charter of rights and freedom is invalid.