Notaries Truth And The Consequences By Kathryn Burns

It is true that the history of law offers us an understanding how the law evolves and change with time and place. Both the source of narcotics legislation and the Kathryn Burn’s article (Notaries, Truth, and the Consequences) somehow help us flesh out our understanding of sources of legal philosophy. Moreover, both examples somehow go beyond the traditional sources (Statutes, case law, custom, books of authority) of law.As Canadians, we require recognizing that these traditional roots of law stem from various European system by explorers and settlers.

The article by Kathryn Burns’ “Notaries Truth and the Consequences” gives an insight to the sources of law. Burns uses the experience of a notary to shed some light on the archives mostly of

What we interpret from the text is that the law has little to do with the dangers associated with illicit (opium) drug usage? Additionally, people use other drugs, alcohol and tobacco (that are a hazard to health too), both privately and publicly are legal. In fact, creating 1908 anti-drug law is a fight between cultures- Chinese and white traders, it is all about economic crises, racism, resolving labor conflicts, satisfying federal government and, pleasing white traders. Most important of all, health issues does not play the significant role in the creation of the 1908 anti-drug law as it does in the present time. The nature of the statute law starts with the ferocity that took place on September 7, 1907. A crowd of 10000 angry white workers stormed through the Asian region of Vancouver, assaulting the inhabitants and damaging and ruining property. Thus in response to this racially and economically motivated violence, the federal government appoints William Lyon Mackenzie King to settle Chinese (opium manufacturers) for damages resulted from the riot. To get some good out of this riot, Mackenzie King takes deputation from a local Chinese scholar, merchants, and clergy who oppose the drug. This play role to create first anti-drug law in 1908.This law complements and expands our understanding of the sources of law in the sense the groundwork of social, economic, political pressures makes statute