DAY 10 (Feb 14) Intro to Law in the Text

Here is a list of notes and clarifications of Legal ideas that you worked on today.  This information is in Chapter 1 of your text, pp. 8 - 28.  Please go through the text to find brief answers to all of these headlines:

Why Do We Need Laws?


Difference between RULES & LAWS?


FUNCTION OF LAW


DIVISIONS OF LAW
Public Law

Private Law

Historical Development of Law -

COMMON LAW -

CASE LAW-

PRECEDENT -

Citation of Case Law - Page 17 has this in great detail.  One point to note - in criminal cases it's always listed as "R. vs. Smith" (or the defendant's last name), where the "R." represents "Rex" or "Regina", which is Latin for King or Queen.  The state (Canada) lays criminal charges, individuals do not lay criminal charges.

RULE OF LAW -

HABEAS CORPUS -

How Laws are Made in Canada