Modules 1 & 2
What is the name of the written record of parliamentary proceedings?
Hansard
What is a contract?
A legally enforceable agreement
Section 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects Canadians against this.
Unreasonable search and seizure
What is the most important feature of ownership in joint tenancy?
The right of survivorship
What is a short definition for a tort?
A civil wrong, as opposed to a criminal wrong.
Ontario publishes its statutes in both official language, English and French. What are the other 3 provinces to do the same thing?
Quebec, Manitoba, and New Brunswick
Donative promises are not contracts because they are lacking this criterion.
Consideration
These special courts handle the cases of First Nations people who have been charged with a criminal offence and propose sentences that are more in keeping with First Nations traditions.
Gladue Courts
What is the closest thing to absolute ownership in Canada?
Ownership in Fee Simple.
What are the two main types of torts?
Intentional Torts and negligence
What rule of statutory interpretation is considered to be the combination of the Literal Rule, the Mischief Rule, and the Golden Rule?
The Modern Rule
A contract that is based on a future event occurring is a " " agreement.
Contingent.
There are three kinds of criminal offences in the CCC. What are they?
Summary, indictable, and hybrid
You can't hold me in your hand. You can't stand on me or in me. You can nonetheless own me. What am I?
Intellectual property.
In the Rankin's Garage Case (JJ and CC v Rankins Garage), the Supreme Court of Canada decided there was a duty of care owed by the garage. True or false?
False. Both the trial court and the court of appeal decided this way, but the Supreme Court said that while the theft was predictable, the personal injury was not, so no duty.
Legal dictionaries can be used by a judge for assistance in defining a word or legal term. What type of interpretive aid is this?
External
A company states that its products give people "happiness" and "everlasting life". No reasonable person believes these claims. What do we call these claims?
Puffery
Who is Gerald Stanley?
White farmer in Saskatchewan charged with murdering Colten Bushie. He was acquitted
In property law, what is "nuisance"?
Interference with use or enjoyment of land.
A corporation can be charged with a criminal offence. True or False?
True. Corporations are legal persons.
What sections of the Canadian Constitution determine legislative competence between the federal and provincial governments?
91 & 92
One party says to the other "if you offer me the building contract, I will probably accept." This is an example of what?
an invitation to treat.
What is the common term for "judicial interim release"?
Bail
Another word for a charge against real property is...
a mortgage.
If I negligently back into your car, but I don't cause any damage, can you sue me in negligence?
No. There is no claim for "pure negligence"