The courts of law and the courts of equity used to be two separate things.
Courts of law worked strictly according to "black letter law" (exactly as written).
Courts of equity worked according to the "length of the chancellor's foot" (wholly discretionary). They were appellate courts...
The Voice of Reason
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic... A little late but I am glad the noose has been recognized as a symbol of hate with laws to protect our Afro -Canadian people .
Parliament has passed Bill C-9, legislation aimed at strengthening Canada's response to hate crimes and hate propaganda. The Black Opportunity Fund says the bill's recognition of the noose as a hate s...