Categories of Law
What is the type of law governing the relationship between employees and employers?
Labour Law
What document introduced us to the Rule of Law (King's were not happy about this)?
Magna Carta
This source of law is based on precedent.
Common Law (Case Law)
This branch of government enacts, amends, and repeals laws.
The Legislature
Would you find a “plaintiff” in criminal or private (civil) law?
If a patient sues a doctor for negligence what type of law is he suing under?
Tort Law
Under the British influence, what is the foundation of Canadian law where judges use precedents to make some decisions based on?
Common Law (Case Law)
Source of law that contains our Chater of Rights and Freedom.
The Constitution
Which level of government is responsible for natural resources, healthcare, and education?
Provincial
Trial by which the parties in dispute right to the death.
Trial by combat
What law would apply to determine the dividing of assets during a divorce settlement?
Family Law
Which historical legal code introduced the concept of restitution?
Mosaic Law
Source of law that involves the Criminal Code.
Statute Law
The latin term for a level of goverment trying to pass a law outside their jurisdiction
Ultra Vires
Which representative of the King signs a Bill into law in Canadian Parliament?
Governor General (Mary Simon)
The Workers’ Compensation Board is an example of a governmental agency found under what type of law?
Administrative Law
Quebec’s civil law is based on what historical legal code?
The Napoleonic Code
In a legal citation, what does "R" stand for?
Rex (King) or Regina (Queen)
In what stage do MPs vote on the substance of a bill?
3rd Reading
I believe governments passing too many laws infringes my sense of freedom, just let me lift weights outside my house after 10pm! What concept of Liberty do I probably adhere to?
Negative Liberty
What law refers to the proper steps that must be applied and the rules that must be followed in any legal action?
Procedural Law
The concept of jurisprudence (the study of law as a science) originated in what time period?
Ancient Rome
In what year were the Statutes of Canada last revised (RSC)?
1985
What is the name given to our Constitution's amending formula?
7-50 Formula
The concept of an "eye for and eye", or retribution, came from this legal code
Hammurabi