Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Small Claims Court, Superior Court, Pass Laws

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B
• Professor: Desmond Mc Keon

Document Summary

Canadian legal system: machinery that governs the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government. Pass laws in the form of statutes and regulations that impact on business operations. Ignorance or failure to comply or challenge laws may result in penalties or miss-out on opportunities: executive branch. Implements and generates policy that may be directed at business. Businesses may work to influence government by monitoring in-house issues, hiring lobbyists, and working through industry association. Provides rulings that not only resolve existing legal conflicts but also impact on future disputes. Supreme law that constrains and controls how the branches of government exercise power: also upholds liberalism (political philosophy that emphasizes individual freedom as its key value) Not constrained in one document or place. Attend to a number of matters including: admission of new provinces and territories to canada, provisions for amending the constitution, autonomy from the uk parliament.