POLS 2350 Midterm Notes PDF

**POLS\*2350 Midterm Notes** **Poonian v. British Columbia (Securities Commission)** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -...

**POLS\*2350 Midterm Notes** **Poonian v. British Columbia (Securities Commission)** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **How to read the Supreme Court Decisions (For assignment)** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Law and Politics** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Reconciling Law & Politics** - - - - - - - - - - - - **Conceptualizing Political Power** - - - - - - **What is Law? (Metaphysical Musings)** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Notes From Case Went Over in Class** - - **What is Law?** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Law as Coercion** - - - **Legal Positivism** - - - - - - - - - - - **Natural Law** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Justice and Law** - - - - - - - - **"The Morality of Law"** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Types of Law** - - - - - - - - - **Public Dimensions of Private Law** - - - - - - - **Grewal v. Litt** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Legal "World-Making"** - - - - - **"A Legal Fiction"** **Physical (Material)** **Legal (Ideational)** ----------------- ------------------------- ------------------------ **Human** **Corporation** **The Primacy of Legal Instrument** - - - - - - **Hierarchy of Authority ([SUPER IMPORTANT])** - - - - - - - - - - **Statutes** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **A Public Service Announcement** - - - **R. v. Hutchinson** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Legal "World-Making" -- [From Law & Politics Slideshow]** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **"A Legal Fiction"-- [From Law & Politics Slideshow]** - +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | | **Physical | **Legal | | | (Material)** | (Ideational)** | | | | | | | **Physical identity** | **Legal identity** | +=======================+=======================+=======================+ | **Human** | Do you exist | Do you exist in a | | | physically? Yes, one | legal sphere? Yes, if | | | can manipulate | a valid driver\'s | | | objects. | license/passport/birt | | | | h | | | | certificate is | | | | obtained. | | | | | | | | - | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | **Corporation** | Does McDonalds exist | Does McDonalds exist | | | physically? | in a legal sphere? | | **(McDonalds)** | | Yes, they can use and | | | There are physical | obtain property, they | | | manifestations of | have experienced a | | | McDonalds -- they | previous lawsuit, and | | | have restaurants all | they have a trademark | | | over the world. | (intellectual | | | However, corporations | property). | | | do not exist the same | | | | as humans. | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ **How do we make a Corporation? -- [Extra Note]** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Constitution of Canada -- [Back to Sources of Law ]** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Regulations** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **What are Courts?** - - - - - - - - - - **Case Law** - - - - - - - **Systems of Law** - - - - **Distinguishing the Two Systems** +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | | **Common Law** | **Civil Law** | +=======================+=======================+=======================+ | **Sources of Law** | Organic and | Comprehensive | | | experimental. | Codification. Written | | | | Codes; Written | | | Case law (judge-made | Constitutions. | | | law, common law); | | | | Legislation; Written | | | | and Unwritten | | | | Constitution. | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | **Legal Reasoning** | *Stare Decisis* -- | Deductively applying | | | 'deciding like cases | principles in code to | | | alike' | dispute before the | | | | court. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ **Constitutional law** -- division of powers (federal and provincial) and Charter of Rights and Freedoms +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | **Public Law** | **Federal** | **Provincial** | | | | | | (*Common Law* -- | - - | - | | legislation and/or | | | | judicial decisions | (Immigration, | (Traffic laws) | | | environment, | | | | telecommunications, | - | | | aeronautics, etc.) | | | | | (Education, labour, | | | - | environment, etc.) | | | | | | | | - | +=======================+=======================+=======================+ | **Private Law** | - | - | | | | | | (*Common Law* -- | (Marriage and | (Custody, access, | | legislation and or | divorce, custody, | support, property | | judicial decisions) | support) | division) | | | | | | (*Civil Law* -- code | - - - | - - - | | - Quebec) | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ - - - - - - - - - - - - **Structure of the Canadian Judiciary** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Supreme Court of Canada** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Coke v King James I** - - - - **Artificial Reason** - - - - - - - - - - - **Schmitt's Standard** - - - - - - **Rule of Law** - - - - - - - Waldron's "Thoughtfulness" - - - - - - **Arbitrariness & *Roncarelli v. Duplessis*** - - - - - **Artificial Reason** - - - - - - ***Stare Decisis* & Analogies** - **Is Legal Reasoning like Medical Reasoning?** - - - - ***Stare Decisis*** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Cattle Trespass (Weiler)** - - - - - **Is *Stare* *Decisis* conservative?** - - - - - - - - - - - - - ***Stare Decisis* & the Judicial Hierarchy** - - - - - **Statutory Interpretation** - - - - - - - - - - - -