Week One
What document governs the standards expected of a paralegal?
What is the Rules of Paralegal Conduct?
How many EDI hours must practicing lawyers and paralegals complete per year?
What is at least one hour?
Which system of law is employed in Quebec?
What is civil law?
How many readings does a federal bill require?
What is six readings?
The Executive branch is commonly referred to as what?
What is the government?
What legal professional wears a green sash in the courtroom?
What is a Justice of the Peace?
What refers to the law of a particular state or society?
Domestic Law
A precedent from a higher court that is given to a lower court in the same jurisdiction is considered?
What is binding?
What is the approved method of statutory interpretation in Canada?
What is the modern principle?
Who is the formal head of state?
Who is the Crown?
Elected paralegal benchers are also members of what?
What is the Paralegal Standing Committee?
What is defined as a theory of justice concerned with the appropriate distributions of entitlements?
What is distributive justice?
Aristotle is considered the father of which theory of law?
What is natural law theory?
What system is based on the traditional decision making customs of First Nations and Inuit people?
What is the consensus system?
Who is the King's representative in Canada?
Who is the Governor General?
What are the two main areas of jurisdiction pertaining to Justices of the Peace?
What is criminal law and provincial offences?
What is an ethical theory that focuses on something as a means to an end?
What is instrumentalist?
What is a system of law based on conduct which is considered binding, with no formalized process in place for making, changing or recording them?
What is customary law?
What is the name of a law whose subject matter falls within both federal and provincial subject area?
What is a double-aspect law?
What was developed out of a growing concern for lower-income individuals and their need to access legal services?
What is Legal Aid?
In what year did the Law Society of Ontario begin regulating paralegals?
What is 2007?
What type of rule establishes conditions or requirements that must be met before certain activities can be carried out?
What is a condition rule?
The Supreme Court of Canada balances bijuralism with how many serving Justices from Quebec?
What is three?
What are the two main types of subordinate legislation?
What is regulations and municipal by-laws?
What are the three main features of responsible government?
What is a dual executive, elected office and convention?