lecture 29 Flashcards
1
Q
Canadas Government is a….
A
constitutional democracy
2
Q
Define statutory law
A
laws created and applied by federal and provincial governments
3
Q
Define administrative law
A
the rules and regulations surrounding the implementation and interpretation of statutory law
4
Q
Define common law
A
unwritten rules and principles formed from previous legal decisions.
5
Q
what are Canadas 5 major categories of environmental laws
A
- pollution standards
- screening new products for safety
- resource conservation
- protection of ecosystems
- environmental assessment act
6
Q
What are the 9 main policy principles
A
- humility
- reversability
- precautionary
- prevention
- polluter pays
- integrative
- public participation
- human rights
- environmental justice
