Scales of Justice
A request to a higher court to review a decision made by a lower court.
What is an appeal?
The birthplace of Western democracy.
What is Athens?
The traditional beliefs and practices of a culture are known as this in legal studies.
What are primary sources of law?
Law that applies to all people in a society.
What is common law?
This area of law deals with division of assets in a common law marriage.
What is family law?
Written records of past legal proceedings and judicial decisions based on precedent.
What is case law?
This term refers to laws that have been organized in writing.
What is codified?
In Canada, criminal legislation is passed by this level of government.
What is the Federal government?
A law enacted by a government.
After a driver carelessly runs a red light and injures a pedestrian. The injured person pursues a civil suit, making this a _______ law case.
What is tort?
A court treats something as legally true for the purpose of applying a rule, even though it may not be factual.
What is legal fiction?
The practice of having a legal advisor who specializes in law first occurred in this civilization.
What is Rome?
Provincial bills must be debated here before they can be passed into law.
What is the legislature/ legislative assembly?
The definition of judicial impartiality.
What is the principle that judges must decide cases fairly, based on the law and on presented evidence.
This area of law governs the limits of government power.
What is Constitutional law?
A judge rules against the government in a case; the government cannot remove the judge or reduce their salary simply because it disagrees with the decision.
What is judicial independence?
The three types of trial used in the early British legal system.
What are trial by ordeal, trial by oath helping, and trial by combat?
The secondary sources of law in Canada.
What are the Constitution, common law, and statutes?
A word that means responsibility or burden of proof.
What is onus?
A case in which a company knowingly releases a defective product that injures consumers would be dealt with under this category of law.
What is criminal law?
DOUBLE POINTS if you ALSO included:
What is tort law?
Define the Supreme Court of Canada.
What is the highest court of appeal in Canada with jurisdiction over Federal and Provincial laws in Canada?
Three key aspects of the Magna Carta.
What are the establishment of rule of law, the powers of the king were limited, and the establishment of habeas corpus (which protects individuals from unjust imprisonment)
Identify two principles of rule of law.
What are: law maintains peaceful order, law applies to everyone equally, the government cannot limit rights unless authorized by law
The definition of stare decisis.
What is the legal principle that requires courts to follow the decisions made in previous cases when the facts are similar. It is also called rule of precedent.
The difference between substantive and procedural law.
What is: substantive law lays out rights and responsibilities for people and institutions, while procedural law outlines the processes for making and enforcing substantive law?