categories of Law
Legislation passed by federal, provincial, or territorial governments
What is Statute Law?
Legislative, judicial, executive
What are the three branches of government?
The British North America Act (BNA Act) is a key part of this source of Canadian law.
What is constitutional law?
This court is the final appeal of all parties in Canada.
What is the Supreme Court?
process that bills go through to become a law in Canada.
What is the Legislative Process?
Law that governs the conduct of independent nations in their relationships with one another.
What is international law?
members of parliment propose new laws and pass statute laws
What is the legislative branch?
This type of law is made by judges when they decide cases, and future courts usually follow these decisions.
What is case law?
This is a subcourt within the provincially appointed courts that deals with members between 12-18 years old.
What are the Youth courts?
stage where the Governor General approves the amended bill.
What is Royal Assent?
Branch of civil law dealing with issues like marriage, property division upon separation, divorce, child custody and support, etc.
What is family law?
independent branch that allows judges to stay unbiased.
What is the judicial branch?
bills are passed in Parliament and debated on by MP.
What is statute law?
Members of the Military and citizens who accompany them are judged in this separate court.
What is the Military Court?
stage in the Legislative Process that only occurs for passing federal bills?
What is the Senate Review?
Branch of civil law that holds people and organisations responsible for damage they cause another person as a result of accidental or deliberate action.
What is tort law?
The governor general and prime minister are part of this government branch.
What is the executive branch?
this source is also called Judge-made law and is based on precedent from previous judicial decisions
what is case/common law?
court reviews the decisions made by Federal Tribunals, Boards, and Commissions.
What is the Federal Court?
first stage where the members of parliament debate over the bill.
What is the Second Reading?
Law that prescribes the methods of enforcing the rights, duties, and obligations found in substantive law.
What is procedural law?
Police officers are a part of this branch of Government, and arrest drunk drivers and bring them back to the station.
What is the executive branch?
This legal mechanism, part of constitutional law, allows changes to the Constitution but requires agreement from both Parliament and provinces.
what is the amending formula?
The Superior Courts consist of two main divisions. However, they also deal with family law in this subdivision.
What is the Unified Family Court?
stage where experts may be involved in the amending of the bill before it gets passed to the Report stage.
What is the Committee Stage?