These are a set of rules established and enforced by the government.
What are laws?
100
This is the act of making good or restoring. It is also a sentence objective.
What is restitution?
100
This historical system was based on the 10 commandments.
What is Mosaic Law?
100
This case invovled and inmate who carried with him a weapon to protect himself, in a fight he killed another inmate. He was aquitted.
What is R v. Kerr?
100
What does R stand for in a citation?
What is Regina or Rex? (Latin for King or Queen).
200
This is the fundamental principle that the law applies equally to all persons and that neither one person or the government is above the law.
What is rule of law?
200
This type of law outlines the steps invovled in protecting our rights.
What is Procedural Law?
200
This is one of the earliest records of written law. It's principles suggest "an eye for an eye"
What is Code of Hammurabi?
200
This person was the first female judge to be appointed in 1916. She was a member of the famous 5, and a significant contributor to the Persons Case.
Who is Emily Murphy?
200
Woodcock v. Lentini (2012) is an example of what type of citation?
What is a civil citation?
300
This outlines the ara of law that holds a person or organization responsible for the damage caused by their actions against another person.
What is Tort Law?
300
This is the process of assembling a system of laws into one statute or a body of statuses.
What is codification?
300
The Byzantine Emperor codified 1000 years of Roman laws in this code...
What is The Justinian Code?
300
This case invovled a young drunk person who was wearing dark clothing and laying on the road at night. He was run over and then sued the person who hit him for damages.
What is Grant v. Dempsey?
300
What are the three benefits of precedent?
What is uniformity, predictability, impartiality.
400
This is a political, social and econmic system prevalent in Europe between the 9th and 15th centuries, based on the relationship between the lord and his servants.
What is feudalism?
400
This concept suggests that a legal decision should serve as an example and authority in subsequent (future) similar cases. Similar facts should result in similar outcomes.
What is precedent.
400
This is also called the French Civil Code. It is a revised set of civil laws for all of french people.
What is the Napoleonic Code?
400
This case revolutionized Battered Women's Syndrom as a legitimate defence for murder.
What is the Jane Stafford Case?
400
This division of law covers divorce.
What is Family Law?
500
This famous document was forcibly signed by King John in 1215. It recognized the rule of law, which is the idea that all people are alike and should follow the same laws.
What is the Magna Carta?
500
This document was signed in 1931 and officially gave Canada control over all of its own foreign affairs.
What is the Statute of Westminster.
500
Order the following blips on the evolution of law: Mosaic, Hammurabi, Justinian, Magna Carta, Napolenic.
What is Hammurabi, Mosaic, Justinian, Magna Carta, Napoleonic?
500
Blinded by an Acid Attack, the victim demanded that her attacker face a smiliar fate.