POLS 3130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Henry Morgentaler, North American Free Trade Agreement, Inductive Reasoning
14 Sep 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Week 1 introduction to law, politics, and the judicial process. Who gets what, when, and how (laswell: making decisions to distribute resources, decisions with consequences. Authoritative allocation of values (easton: whose authority? o o. Study of processes of and outcomes from the state. Processes = who makes decisions for the community and how they make them. Outcomes = what happens after the decision has been made o o. There are always winners/losers in the decision making process. Always relevant in understanding the processes and outcomes, especially in canada. Commitment to self-government : also committed to rule of law, and protection of minorities. We often turn to the courts in order to ensure rights are protected. Core of the judicial process is dispute resolution. Courts are one method of resolving disputes (coercive) o o. Adjudicate disputes by applying the law to the facts of the dispute. Accepted by both parties because court is impartial.
