Legal Reasoning
Stating the law, and applying the law to the facts, are both examples of what?
Legal reasoning
Which level of government is empowered to draft criminal law?
Federal
What specific section of the Family Law Act provides the definition for the "best interests of the child"?
S. 24(4).
What type of business is owned and operated by one person?
Sole proprietorship.
What right includes the "right to land itself"?
Aboriginal Title
What is the acronym used for the legal reasoning format?
Headnote
What two elements are required by statute for an individual to be convicted of a criminal offence?
Mens rea and actus reus.
What type of property is included in the division of property in a separation?
Property acquired during the course of marriage.
What kind of partnership does not have partners liable for each other's professional negligence?
Limited liability partnership
What is the term for someone who is bound to manage a property but has no stake in it?
Trustee
What does a case reporter write at the beginning of a case?
Headnote
What is the principle that a person cannot be tried or punished for the same crime more than once?
Double jeopardy
What is the common law age requirement for females?
12-years.
What is the term which can preclude employees from being held liable for the actions of their business?
The corporate veil
What is another term for Provincial Superior Courts?
Section 96 Courts
Stare decisis
What are the principles of sentencing? List three.
Deterrence, rehabilitation, incapacitation, retribution, denunciation.
What is the term for a situation where a woman has more than one husband?
Polyandry.
Under which act is false advertising a crime?
The Competition Act
What was the SCC ruling in Ewanchuk (1999)?
Consent must be expressed
A lawyer cannot represent two clients where she apprehends that there is what?
Conflict of interest
What recent case saw the SCC review legislation that made criminal, among other things, "operating a bawdy-house"?
R. v. Bedford.
What are the three circumstances under which spousal abuse is more common?
Lower income, aboriginal, under 34-years-old.
What is the term for the entitlement shareholders have to be updated on a corporation they invest in?
Right to receive information.
A mixture of common and civil law in a given region is known as what?
Bijuralism