Categories of Law
Which branch of law concerns itself with familial matters
Family Law
The Supreme Court of Canada
What is the highest court in Canada?
This 1215 English legal document forced King John to recognize that no one, not even the monarch, is above the law
What is the Magna Carta?
Criminal Intent
What is Mens Rea?
What is a mediator?
Neutral person helping resolve disputes
Which branch of law concerns itself with harm to society at large, rather than just to an individual victim
Criminal Law
Which court deals with major disputes involving these two parties?
Civil Dispute Participants
This legal principle requires judges to follow past court decisions when deciding similar cases.
What is Common Law(or state decisis)?
What is arbitration?
Resolving disputes outside court
Defines rights and legal duties
Which branch of law concerns itself with protecting individuals from discrimination?
Human Rights Law
Request Higher Court Review
What is the purpose of an appeal?
This historic 1982 process brought the Canadian Constitution under full domestic control and added the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
What is the Constitution act?
What is litigation?
Resolving disputes through court proceedings
What is a plaintiff
Person who files lawsuit
Which branch of law concerns itself with harm caused by one person to another such as defamation/negligence
Tort law
What is the role of the Supreme Court of Canada
Written laws formally introduced, debated, and passed by elected federal or provincial legislatures are known as this source of law.
What is Statute law?
What is Actus Reus?
Guilty act of a crime
What did the BNA Act create
What branch of law concerns itself with disputes between individuals/organizations?
Civil Law
Checks evidence before trial
What is a preliminary hearing?
Section 52 of the Constitution Act, 1982 establishes this status, meaning any law conflicting with the Constitution is invalid.
What is the Supreme Law of the Land?
What is a bylaw?
Local government law
Person appealing court decision.
What is an appellant?