Legal History
This civilization is credited with creating the jury system and democracy.
What is Ancient Greece?
The highest law of the land in Canada
What is the Constitution?
Law that governs the activities of administrative agencies of government.
What is administrative law?
A symbolic belt representing an agreement between the Iroquois Confederacy and Dutch settlers.
What is the Two Row Wampum?
The mental state or intent to commit a crime.
What is mens rea?
This ancient Babylonian legal code was displayed publicly and is known for its use of retribution as punishment.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
The right to be brought before a judge to determine if the detention is lawful.
What is habeas corpus?
Law that deals with family-related issues and domestic relations.
What is family law?
Minor criminal offences that are tried quickly and without a jury.
What is a summary offence?
The intention to perform the act which is the crime without necessarily intending the result.
What is general intent?
This is the first known constitution in North America.
What is the Great Binding Law?
The principle that no one is above the law and everyone must follow it.
What is the rule of law?
Serious criminal offences that require a trial by jury.
What is an indictable offence?
A deliberate avoidance of knowledge of the facts.
What is willful blindness?
Law that involves the interpretation and application of the Constitution.
What is constitutional law?
Law that deals with civil wrongs and damages caused to a person's property or reputation.
What is tort law?
Offences that can be prosecuted either summarily or as indictable.
What is a hybrid offence?
The intention to commit a particular crime and achieve a particular result.
What is specific intent?
Legislation that provides protection against discrimination in Ontario.
The intention to commit a crime, necessary for certain offences.
What is a hybrid offence?
A defence that places the defendant elsewhere at the time the crime was committed.
What is an alibi?