Famous Cases
What case about abortion rights was reviewed and overturned in the US in 2022?
Roe v Wade
Who coined the term “an unjust law is no law at all”?
St. Thomas Augustine
What are the three branches of government in Canada?
Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary
What legal system(s) does Canada use?
Common Law and Civil law
What is the war between Ukraine and Russia about?
Territorial Disputes
What is the name of the Canadian case that led to the creation of the test for “reasonable limits”?
R v Oakes
Who proposed Social Contract Theory and that people should be restrained by the state?
Thomas Hobbes
What are the two legislative bodies in the Canadian government?
House of Commons and the Senate
What was the original name of the Constitution Act and what year was it created?
The British North America Act 1867
What was the period of time that marked extreme tension between the United States and another actor from 1947-1991?
The Cold War
What is the name of the 1988 Canadian SCC case that legalized abortions in Canada?
R v Morgantaler
Who believed that humans are inherently good and cannot do wrong and that we must remove private property?
Jean Jacques Rousseau
What are the electoral systems in Canada and the US called?
Canada is First Past the Post and the US is the Electoral College
What sections of the Constitution Act lay out the divisions of power and responsibilities of the federal and provincial legislative authorities? And which one is for which level of government?
Section 91 (federal) and section 92 (provincial)
What is Brexit and when did it occur?
Brexit occurred in January 2020 and was the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union
What is the name of the Canadian case relating to property and ownership of a fox in 1805?
Pierson v Post
Who revitalized and spread the idea of cosmopolitanism originally proposed by Cynic Diogenes in the 4th century?
Anthony Appiah
What was the purpose of the 1995 Quebec Referendum?
Separate Quebec from the rest of Canada
What does section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantee? (Exact wording)
The right to “life, liberty, and security of person”
Who are/were the main actors of the War in Afghanistan? (Hint: There are 3)
Taliban/Al-Qaeda, the US, and ISAF/RSM (ISAF: International Security Assistance Force & RSM: Resolute Support Mission)
What Canadian case established that treaty rights are subject to Canadian law, but not provincial licensing?
R v Marshall
Which famous political philosopher compared himself to a gadfly?
Socrates
What is the name of the Quebec Premier and Attorney General involved in the case relating to revoking a person’s liquor license and abusing his authority?
Maurice Duplessis
In the preamble to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, it states “Whereas Canada is founded upon principles that recognize __________ and __________''. What goes in the blanks?
The Supremacy of God and the Rule of Law
Who is involved in the Kashmir conflict and what is the main issue?
India and Pakistan and issue is of territorial disputes of Kashmir