Purpose and origin
It is what we get when we give up our freedoms by following the law.
What is order/security?
It was the first instance of "limiting the power of the king" in England
What is the Magna Carta?
The law that regulates the relationship between people and the government.
What is public/criminal law?
It is the entity that would intervene in a trial by combat to ensure that the innocent person was victorious.
What is God?
The purpose of punishment. To get revenge on the wrongdoer.
What is Retribution?
Is it the phrase that means that the law is to apply to everyone in society equally?
What is "Rule of Law"
It is the basis of the law. It is to reflect the values of ___________.
What is Society
It is the the type of law that deals with conflict. between individuals. It includes Family Law, Property Law, and Contract Law?
What is civil/Private Law?
It is the type of trial where people were forced into horrific situations to endure to prove their innocence.
What is trial by ordeal?
A reason for punishment. The hope that it will help fix the offender into becoming a more productive citizen.
What is rehabilitation?
It is the basis of law in English Canada. It is a series of decisions that were made in England.
What is British Common Law?
It is more specific than a human right, in that it is tied to the citizenship of a country.
What is a Civil Right?
It is the name of an indiviudual that initiates a lawsuit in a civil trial.
What is a plaintiff?
These types of trials were specific "trials by ordeal" to find servants of Satan. They were usually carried out against women.
What are Witch Trials?
It is a reason to punish an offender. To make them make amends for their bad actions. This would be making the offender pay the victim compensation.
What is restitution?
It is the basis of law in Quebec/French Canada.
What is the Code Napoleon or Napoleonic Code?
It is an expectation that you follow with a consequence if you don't. However, it is not passed by the government.
What is a Rule?
It is the name of the prosecutor in a Canadian Criminal trial?
What is the Crown?
It is a type of trial based on reputation. Both sides would have to compile a list of people who would vouch for them.
What is trial by Compurgation?
It is one of the earliest examples of written law.
What is the Code of Hamurabbi?
It is a societal expectation, but different than a law, in that it has no punishment.
What is a norm?
It is another word for civil law.
What is Case Law?
The term that a judge's rulings must be based on previous rulings by other judges.
What is precedent?
It is the type of trial where both sides hire legal experts to represent their interests. It is adversarial by nature.
What is a Modern Trial?
They are laws that are passed by parliament and are stronger than ordinary case law.
What are statutes?