LAW 142 Study Guide - Final Guide: Mischief Rule, Headnote, Golden Rule
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Lesson 2a: learning to read a judicial decision. Law is for everyone, legal decisions affect all of us. To learn the law, law is contained in judicial decision. Etc. : figure out why it happened, zero in, reread case, make sure you understand it. To put case in context: the more cases a lawyer knows, the more context he/she can bring to the understanding of other cases. Golden rule: natural & ordinary meaning, intention of legislation, use natural meaning unless this makes no sense. All acts deemed remedial (meant to fix a problem) External aids: definition section of the act, dictionaries, legal thesaurus, or hansard (debated in house of commons & senate questionable aid, may only reflect opinion of individual mp"s or cabinet ministers) Module 2 textbook readings pages 125-134; 209-211. Title: many have lengthy titles that include purpose of and reason for the legislation, statutes usually provide a short title that it can be cited by.
