Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B Chapter 2: Chapter 2.docx

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

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Legislative branch creates law based on statutes and regulations: statute law: written laws created or enacted by legislative branch of government. Criminal code of canada: prohibits offences such as assault, theft and fraud (against the law. Jurisdiction: power that a level of government has to enact laws. Federal government has jurisdiction over criminal law. Exclusive jurisdiction: one level of government holds entirely on its own. Concurrent jurisdiction: jurisdiction shared between levels of government. Paramountcy: federal law wins when they conflict with provincial. Executive branch formulates and implements law: government policy: central ideas or principles that guide government in its work, formal executive: responsible for ceremonial features, political executive: responsible for day-to-day operations. Regulations: rules that have the force of the law: cabinet: all ministers of various government departments including pm and premier. Judicial branch adjudicates on disputes (reference of judges: judges: appointed by federal and provincial governments to adjudicate on a variety of disputes, trial courts.