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DIFFERENT TYPES OF LAW Personally, memorizing all the different laws in BLAW 301 was incredibly challenging; I spent a lot of time reading, and re-reading terms that seemed almost indistinguishable to me. To this day, I would require extreme concentration to merely differentiate between tort, assault, or battery.
of its food servings, displayed in a font equal to or larger than the name of the item. After all, McDonalds wasn’t trying to inflict negativity into your life, they’re just following the law.
Ever thought of paying your parking ticket in pennies or nickels? There are actually legal limitations in doing The seemingly endless composition of the law so. Canada’s Currency Act 1985 limits how many prompted me to reflect on how vast and comprehensive coins can be used in a single transaction, and your the law system came to be throughout human payment can be refused if its more than $5 in nickels, existence. With the first law ever written dating back $25 in loonies, or $40 in toonies. Coin overload may to the 22nd century BC, it’s surprising how humans not be the most feasible way to express your passive have transitioned from codifying and inscribing the aggression after all. law in stone, to a system that essentially governs everyday lives. Its prevalent influence can be seen The Canadian stereotype has always been a prominent in business, politics, health, education, food, family, one, and perhaps for a good reason. In fact, Canadians environment, entertainment, and more. Nevertheless, have developed a complete set of laws to stop the in the copious streams of laws lies some unexpected sale of fake maple products. The Maple Product laws that turned out to be quite a revelation for me. Regulations (MPR) states, “no person shall market a product in import, export, or interprovincial trade in As broke university students, the thought to dine and such a manner that it is likely to be mistaken for a dash has definitely crossed our minds numerous times. maple product.” As Canadians, our primary duty is to But did you know, despite how ethically and morally uphold justice for Maple products - bet you’ve never wrong it is, ditching your bill is technically not a been more proud to be a Canadian! crime? In fact, it is only a contract debt as the act is civil, rather than criminal. But what’s the law of who Considering the regimental process of creating a law, covers the costs? While the employer is not permitted it’s a surprise how some laws came to be. Did you to deduct any shortages from an employee’s wages, know that it’s illegal to paint a wooden ladder? Or to they are allowed to take money from the employees’ own a pet rat? To think that all these laws were once tip pool. As if servers don’t already put up with enough debated and voted on in the House of Commons and shenanigans, it’s really not the best position to be in! the Senate, is evident that we’ve really come a long way as human beings and Canadian citizens. Have you wondered how calorie counts on fast food or restaurant menus work? Why is it mandatory for some and not for others? Well it turns out that written by DELICIA GOH only restaurant chains with twenty or more locations designed by VIVIAN LAM worldwide have to display its nutritional information
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