Canadian law
Subtitle: an introduction
By: Neil Boyd
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Canada
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780774735742
Subjects: Law; Droit
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Role and origin. The role of law: competing perspectives on legal order; title: The sources of Canadian law: an archaeology of statutes and judicial decisions; title: Interpreting ambiguous statutes: rules and principles and their limitations. 2. Building blocks of the Canadian legal system. The constitution of Canada: the British North America Act, the constitution act, and the future of Federalism; title: Canada's courts: the processes of dispute resolution; title: Law students, lawyers, and judges: the evolution of the legal profession. 3. Substantive law. Torts of intention and negligence: private law, public interest; title: The changing family and family law: marriage, divorce, support, property, and custody; title: Administrative law: the state and its duty to be fair; title: Criminal law: mens rea, actus reus, and malleable definitions of deviance.