Canadian law
Subtitle: an introduction
By: Neil Boyd
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Nelson Thomson Learning
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 399
ISBN-13: 9780176407162
Subjects: Law; Textbooks; Droit; Manuels d'enseignement supérieur
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Role and origins; title: 1. The role of law : competing perspectives on legal order; title: 2. The sources of Canadian law : an archaeology of statutes and judicial decisions; title: 3. Interpreting ambiguous statutes : rules and principles and their application; title: pt. 2. Building blocks of the Canadian legal system; title: 4. The Constitution of Canada : the British North America Act, 1867, the Constitution Act, 1982, and the future of federalism; title: 5. Canada's courts : the processes of dispute resolution; title: 6. The study of law, lawyers, and judges : the evolution of the legal profession; title: pt. 3. Substantive law; title: 7. Torts of intention and negligence : private law, public interest; title: 8. The changing family and family law : marriage, divorce, support, and custody; title: 9. Administrative law : the state and its duty to be fair; title: 10. Criminal law : mens rea, actus reus, and changing definitions of intolerable conduct.