Canadian Law - An Introduction

Chapter 3 - Sources of Law - Knowledge Check

Cases to be researched:

Using the online database CanLII -https://www.canlii.org/en/index.html - look up the following cases and complete the questions below.

What division of law does each case involve: Private or Public?

Case 1.

Case 2.

Describe the issues in the case (what is it about) - please avoid using vague language - e.g. it's about a criminal who as in trouble with the law.:

Case 1.

Case 2.

Breakdown and describe the parts of the citation using the Lecture Slides and Citation resource in DC Connect:

Case 1

R v Oakes (1986,) 24 CCC (3d) 321.

Case 2

R v Gunn et al., [1974] SCR 273, 1972 CanLII 174 (SCC).

Federal

What was the decision (held) of the case?

Case 1

Case 2