PART 1: Role and Origin
Chapter 1: The Role of Law: What Is the Relevance and Purpose of Our Legal System?
Chapter 2: The Sources of Canadian Law: From the Magna Carta to the Plains of Abraham and on to the Specifics of Statutes and Judicial Decisions
Chapter 3: How Do Judges Interpret Ambiguous Statutes? Rules and Principles and Their Application
PART 2: Building Blocks of the Canadian Legal System
Chapter 4: The Constitution of Canada: The British North America Act, 1867, the Constitution Act, 1982, the Future of Federalism, and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Chapter 5: Canada?s Courts: The Processes of Dispute Resolution
Chapter 6: The Study of Law, Lawyers, and Judges: The Evolving Nature of the Legal Profession
PART 3: Substantive Law
Chapter 7: Torts of Intention and Negligence: Private Law, Public Interest
Chapter 8: The Changing Family and Family Law: Marriage, Divorce, Support, and Custody
Chapter 9: Administrative Law: The State and Its Duty to Be Fair
Chapter 10: Criminal Law: Mens Rea, Actus Reus, and Changing Definitions of Crime
Appendix: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Glossary
Index