LEGAL TERMINOLOGY
This takes a precedent (a legal decision made for the first time) and makes it affect more individuals, products or laws.
What is an Abstraction
This case focussed upon protection for the public from "obscene materials"
What is the Butler case
This is the main limit to Freedom of Expression
What is a public versus private location
This concept gives governments the ability to make their own laws that may be different in other countries?
What is Sovereignty
An example of this would be one class being given a break, while the others are not given the same opportunity
What is Equality Before the Law
The main concept of the "Rule of Law" is
What is no one is above the law/everyone should be subjected to the same laws and consequences.
The Blainey Case was based on the fact that she was unable to complete a run in the proper time. As a result, they fired her saying that this is an essential task, given the name?
What is a Bona Fide Occupational Requirement.
Forcing this onto someone violates this Freedom
What is religion
This 'old' way of deciding innocence or guilt involved a fight between a skilled person and an amateur. Today, it is 2 lawyers?
What is Trial By Battle
If a truck driver lost their sight and went blind, this would be an example of
What is a B.F.O.R (Bona Fide Occupational Requirement)
The Constitution and New Laws are these types of sources
What are Secondary
The decision in this case involving an offensive book stated it was an individuals choice to purchase it and thus not promoting hate
What is the Zundel case
This 'test' is used to establish the limits of a particuar freedom in the Charter?
What is the Oakes Test
This is a type of Discrimination where a location such as a workplace lacks policies to protect individuals?
What is Adverse-Effect Discrimination.
A Kitchen manager asks out one of the line cooks on a date, stating they are "hot"
What is Corporate Liability
What does the word POWER mean in terms of law?
Being able to control youself and not react or commit a crime.
This high school teacher was promoting hate by stating falsehoods about history in his classes
Who is Keegstra
2 ways the elderly are discriminated against within Canadian society include
What is re-taking their driving test every year, paying for health care, being forced to retire
What is a Social Contract
Only the Grade 12's get the opportunity to buy a prom ticket is an example of this
What is Equality Before the Law
Primary Sources involve such aspects as Religion, Customs and these
What are beliefs (personal/societal)
The result of the Butler case was that a store can be open but must have limits such as this to not be considered offensive and illegal
What is one-way glass, cannot see into the store
The main way Freedom of Speech is violated is by doing this
What is targeting/threatening a specific person
If a person is arrested of any serious crime, this legal concept results in a judge determining that it is the correct thing to do based upon evidence collected by the police?
What is Habeas Corpus.
The C.E.O. of a large company continually makes inappropriate comments to a female colleague
What s Corporate Liability