Sources of Law ratio decidendi and obiter dicta common = general
{"Image DocumentName": "Sources of Law ratio decidendi and obiter dicta common = general", "Image ImageDescription": "common law judges find the law. Constitutional conventions. Parliamentary Sovereignty or Legislative Supremacy (same). Separation of powers. Aggregate legislature can do anything. Seven-fifty-formula; unanimity formula; some-but-not-all formula; provinces alone; feds alone. Crown prerogative: residue of discretionary power. Crown privilege: the claim that the crown my decide not to present documents ordered by judges, H of C or Senate. Main sources of law: Written constitution (s. 52(1) of CA, statute law (laws created by legislatures) case law (created by judges) Other (informal) sources that inspired both statute and case law: Ten Commandments, Magna Carta (1297), Roman law, canon law, writings of legal scholars (eg. Coke 1552\u20131634, and Blackstone ), community standards (eg. obscenity cases), Hogg s text, constitutional conventions.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}