CATEGORIES
HISTORICAL ROOTS
INFLUENCES ON CANADIAN LAW
VOCABULARY TERMS!
CHARTER OF RIGHTS & FREEDOMS
100
This type of law deals with the relationships among nations both in war and in peace.
What is international law?
100
The word "justice" is named after this code.
What is Justinian's code?
100
King John signed this charter, which was originally written in Latin.
What is the Magna Carta?
100
This involves the right to a court appearance within a reasonable amount of time.
What is habeus corpus?
100
Name a group of people who have not ALWAYS had the right to vote in Canada.
What is (basically anyone who is not a white male)?
200
This type of law deals with crimes, or actions that harm others directly.
What is criminal law?
200
This is the oldest written code (approx. 1750 BCE).
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
200
The French Civil Code forms the basis for this province's own civil code.
What is Quebec?
200
These laws were given to Moses, which became the foundation of Judeo-Christian legal systems.
What are the Ten Commandments?
200
______ is the right to conduct your affairs without governmental interference?
What is freedom?
300
This type of law is also called "civil law."
What is private law?
300
The Twelve Tablets were part of this ancient set of laws.
What is Roman Law?
300
Trial by ordeal caused a person to endure this to determine whether or not s/he was guilty.
What is torture?
300
The Great Binding Law is a peace agreement between tribes from these two places.
What are Canada and the USA?
300
This is the major difference between the Charter of R & F and the Bill of Rights.
The Bill of Rights is a statute, which means it can be overridden by law. The Charter is ENTRENCHED in our constitution.
400
This type of law covers such matters as marriage, divorce, adoption, and child support.
What is family law?
400
The Greeks (besides "inventing" this) used this to decide on the sentences of accused criminals.
What is democracy?
400
Trial by oath helping involves friends of the accused doing this.
Either a) testifying as a witness or b) swearing on the Bible that the accused was innocent.
400
The Code of Li k'vei comes from this country.
What is China?
400
This clause allows provinces to OVERRIDE parts of the Charter.
What is the notwithstanding clause?
500
This is another phrase that means "lawsuit."
What is a civil suit?
500
The non-technical style of this code made this code very popular.
What is the Napoleonic Code?
500
Two accused men duel to determine who is innocent and who is guilty. This is called:
Trial by Combat!
500
This term means "to stand by the decision" in Latin.
What is stare decisis?
500
The notwithstanding clause was used by Quebec in 1989 to deal with what general issue?
Language laws; to counter freedom of expression + equality rights of the English.
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