SOCIAL STUDIES 10

Feb 27-Mar 3

Follow Up on Judicial Branch

• Foundations of Law
  • The Rule of Law
    • equality in application
    • guarantee of Fundamental Justice
  • The Concepts of Law and Justice
• Theories of Law
  • Positivist
  • Natural Law
  • Legal Realism
  • Case Study:  Regina vs Dudley & Stephens
• Sources of Canadian Law
  • Civil Code
    • Justinian Code–>Custom of Paris–>Quebec Civil Code
  • Common Law
    • rule of precedent
  • Statute Law
    • reinforces Common Law
• Types of Law
  • Public
    • constitutional law
    • administrative law
    • criminal law
  • Private (Civil)
    • Relationships
      • individual vs. individual
      • individual vs. private organization
      • private organization vs. private organization
    • contract law, property law, labour law, family law, intellectual law
• Nature of Judiciary
  • Impartiality and Independence of Judges
  • Appointment of Judges
  • Limitations on Judges
  • The Adversarial System
• Structure of Canada’s Legal System
  • BC:  Provincial Court –> Supreme Court of BC –> Appeal Court of BC
  • Canada:
    • Federal Court
    • Citizenship Court
    • Supreme Court of Canada
• BLOG POSTS:
  • Dudley & Stephens Case and your opinion
  • Was the January 2022 use of Canada’s Emergencies Act justified – the inquiry’s decision and your thoughts