Unit #1
______ are used for sports, classrooms and games, schools
What are Rules
What is the point of the Charter of Rights and Freedom
The Charter Regulates How The Government Acts In
Order to Protect The Rights and Freedoms of Individuals Inside Canada
The Guilty act and the guilty mind
Actus Reus and Mens Rea
Within criminal law, the main form of punishment is jail time. What is the main form of punishment in civil law?
Monetary fines
Definition: a branch of the law that deals with the relations between individuals or institutions, rather than relations between these and the government.
Private Law
First Written for of law
Code of Hammurabi
Which section of the Canadian Charter protects freedom of religion?
What is Section 2
Whose job is it to interpret the law?
The Judge
Definition: failure to take proper care in doing something.
Negligence
Whats the number one cause of divorce?
Marriage
What two countries influenced Canadian law
Britain and France
Required that all business signage be in French only.
Quebec Sign Laws in the 1980s
What is the first step of government that a bill must go through to become a statute?
The Senate
At what age can someone legally get married in Canada
16 - with judge approval
Who is the worst cereal killer in Canadian history?
Pig man
Important acts from 1867 and 1982
British North American Act and the Constitution Act
The five sections of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom
Fundamental Freedoms, Democratic Rights, Mobility Rights, Legal Rights, Equality Rights
Who controls the crime scene at a murder
The coroner
What is the term used to describe an agreement between two or more parties that creates a legally binding obligation?
What is contract law
What can you not walk down the street with while also look suspicious
A salmon
What sacred work of literature did most of the Canadian Legal System's roots come from?
The Old Testament
Section 33 of the Charter
Notwithstanding clause
What is the term used to describe the intentional killing of another person?
What is murder?
What is the term for a crime that is less serious than a felony and is typically punishable by a fine or imprisonment for up to one year?
What is a misdemeanor
What serial killer claimed to kill people in the triple digits and in over 5 states?
Who is Ted Bundy