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    Canadian law expresses the values and beliefs that Canadians up hold in society. It aims to resolve disputes in a peaceful manner while protecting aims to protect individuals and providing stability for society as a whole.There are many historical origins of law that have directly or indirectly influenced Canadian law, and such they have shaped the Canadian legal system. The most prominent ones are the British common law, the Napoleonic Code known as civil law and Aboriginal laws. To begin, common

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    Canadian Human Rights Law

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    Substantive equality prescribes equal treatment to all people regardless of the circumstance and situation. It involves achieving equitable outcomes as well as equal rights to everyone and eliminates inequality. Canadian human rights law does not advance the rich, purposive understanding that Justice L’Heureux-Dube advocates. The idea of Human rights ought to be universal and apply to everyone because it is a cultural system. From an international stand point there is a limited amount of enforcement

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    person to do his/her wantings. It is controversial whether Canadian law has adequately addressed this topic. Bullying has indeed been addressed properly throughout Canada’s law system in various ways. The goal of this essay is to show that the justice system has made many laws and regulations to help victims or anyone involved in the bullying through the many bills created to amend existing acts, the created action plans against bullying and laws that are created in the Criminal Code. To begin with,

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    Canadian Immigration Law

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    appellant, a woman with Canadian-born dependent children, was ordered deported. She then applied for an exemption, based on humanitarian and compassionate considerations under s. 114(2) of the Immigration Act, from the requirement that an application for permanent residence be made from outside Canada. This application was supported by letters indicating concern about the availability of medical treatment in her country of origin and the effect of her possible departure on her Canadian-born children.

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    Canadian Tort Law

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    when performing their occupation or supplying a product. Negligence in the design or construction of a product that results in damage or bodily harm, or could result in damage or bodily harm, can result in liability for economic loss under Canadian Tort law. Engineers, architects, and contractors need to be respectful of their duty of care to ensure their product is precisely produced with no danger of negligence. In 1972, Bird Construction Company Limited entered into a contract with Tuxedo Properties

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    Over the years there has always been deferential standards dividing men and women in the eyes of the law, and stunting the ability to gain prestige titleship within major careers. The term feminist Jurisprudence is the philosophy of law based on the political and ethical dividend of social equality between sexes. Equally the term systematic discrimination becomes a large factor in the determination of power between sexes as they seek out prestigious titles in their careers. The action of discrimination

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    History of law offers us an understanding how the law evolves and change with time and place. When we try to interpret the various roots of Canadian law, different questions arise-Why the laws illegal in the past are legal now? Can we understand the past and the current law based on the traditional roots of law, such as a statute, case law, custom, and books of authority? Alternatively, there is something else one has to look into to interpret the roots of Canadian law adequately. What can we imagine

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    Who is the intended audience? The audience is anyone interested in learning about first nations customs and how they influenced canadian law to make it what it is now. Police officers, lawyers, judges, and anyone who works for the government would also benefit from learning about this since their jobs have to do with the law, learning about the influences on our law is important. People who live in towns with first nations people would also benefit from learning about this because if they live so

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    are in this situation because the society and the legal system failed them. The law tends to recognize those in power and the wealthy, and often disregards those in the lower class; although they are the most vulnerable and deserve to be protected by the law also. Life in Canada gave me a different perspective on the law. In Canada, the law is upheld, and the legal system does its best to protect the rights of Canadian citizens. I am aware now

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    Canadian Tort Law Essay

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    The third third of the 20th century was the Golden Era of Canadian Tort Law. Awakening from its slumber during the first two thirds of the century, the Dark Ages of Canadian Tort Law, Canadian tort law experienced a renaissance and rose to triumphant new heights, “arguably better than has been achieved anywhere else in the world1.” Lewis Klar, in his article for the 125th anniversary of the Supreme Court2 opined that there is “little doubt that the Supreme Court of Canada has been the most bold,

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