Sociology 2260A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Passive Smoking, Surrogacy, Legislative Intent
12 Dec 2017
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Canadas legal system: canada is a common law nation, common law legal system, doctrine of precedent. "to stand by decided things: advantage, greater predictability of outcomes, greater consistency, certainty. Judges are bound by what has already been decided by a higher court, base their decisions on case law: ex. Legislative: generated in response to, public and private pressure. If there is lots of public outcry about a certain issue, a law may be made about that issue: problem that intrudes on the well-being of individuals and organizations; or well-being of the government itself. Social unrest, conflict, environmental deterioration: technological innovation, ex. Newer laws such as texting and driving, increased government surveillance, surrogacy, copyright laws: ex. Heather crowe: diagnosed with lung cancer, had never smoked in her entire life but had worked in bars and restaurants where smoking inside was permitted. She now had lung cancer from second hand smoke.
