Categories of Law
Governs how independent nations are conducted, and their relationships with each other.
What is International Law?
The main source of law made by elected government officials.
What is statute law?
High-level court that reviews decisions from lower trial courts to determine if legal or factual errors were made
What is the Court of Appeal?
This branch of government passes statute laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
Deals with a conflict between two private parties; based on a balance of probability.
What is Private Law?
This type of law comes from decisions made by judges in earlier cases
What is common law?
The highest appeal court in Canada.
What is the Supreme Court?
A group of workers go on strike and are unhappy with new work safety rules.
What is labour law?
The number of readings a bill goes through before being passed as a law.
What is 3 readings?
Written laws by a legislature (ex: government, parliament, congress).
What is Statute Law?
The highest law in Canada that must be followed.
What is Constitutional law.
The 2 levels that courts of appeal exist in.
What is the Superior / Federal court?
This branch contains the house of commons and the Senate.
What is the Legislative Branch?
Prescribes methods of enforcing substantive law.
What is Procedural Law?
An independent branch of government that interprets laws.
What is the Judicial Branch?
Concerns the relationships between individuals and the country.
What is Public Law?
A group of government employees are fired after speaking publicly against a new policy. They claim their freedom of expression was violated and take their case to court, arguing the government acted unfairly.
What is Constitutional Law?
This branch of government contains the Prime Minister, the Cabinet, and the public / civil service.
What is the Executive Branch?