What is the Law
Canada's Legal System
Rights & Freedoms 1
Rights & Freedoms 2
Organization of Courts
100
This sets the rules for the relationship between individuals and society.
What is public law?
100
This system is based on a combination of common law and civil law.
What is Canada's Legal System
100
True or False: Everyone in Canada is free to practice any religion or no religion at all.
What is true?
100
This is known as the right to challenge the legality of your detention.
What is habeas corpus?
100
These are the three (3) governments that are responsible for the Judicial System in Canada.
What are Federal, Provincial, and Territorial Governments
200
This sets the rules between individuals (also known as Civil Law).
What is Private law?
200
This is the only province with a civil code.
What is Quebec?
200
If we do not ____________, we are free to think our own thoughts, speak our minds etc.
What is infringes valid laws which protect the rights and interest of others?
200
Those rights that are at the core of the Charter.
What are equality rights?
200
Three (3) courts that are established by the federal government.
What are the Federal Court, Tax Court, and Federal Court of Appeal?
300
Examples are criminal Law, Constitutional Law, and Administrative Law
What is Public law?
300
The number of steps involved in creating law in Canada?
What is five? *Bonus* what are they?
300
This group is free to print and broadcast news and other information, subject only to reasonable and justifiable limits set out in law.
What is the media?
300
True or False: The Charter requires that government always treats people in exactly the same way.
What is false?
300
Superior courts are divided into these two (2) levels.
What is trial level and appeal level?
400
This is what is made by the government to forbid certain actions, and it balances individual rights with our obligations as members of society.
What is the Law?
400
These are intended to carry out the purposes of the general laws or expand on them and also carry the force of a law.
What are Regulations?
400
Citizens have the right to vote in Canada's elections.
What are Canadians?
400
The only province in Canada that is the officially bilingual.
What is New Brunswick?
400
Provincial, Supreme, and Appeal Courts
What are the 3 levels of Canada's Court System?
500
Protect basic individual rights and freedoms, such as liberty and equality
What are other goals the law achieves?
500
Laws are enacted at the federal level in parliament in Ottawa, and at a provincial level in their __________.
What is the legislature?
500
True or False: Citizens have the right to enter, leave,or remain in the country.
What is true?
500
The Charter protects everyone’s reasonable expectation of privacy in their personal information and __________.
What are homes and/or personal spaces?
500
While these are not a part of the court system, decisions of these bodies may be reviewed by the court to ensure they act fairly.
What is Administrative tribunals?
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