Show:
Origin
Types of Law
Levels of Law Making
Canadian Law
The Courts
100
Voting
What is a way you can influence lawmaking.
100
Canada gets most of its laws from this.
What is Common Law?
100
The local town or city government.
What is municpal government?
100
This type of law governs the rules for applying laws.
What is procedural law?
100
This is the top court in Canada.
What is the Supreme Court?
200
People are not perfect.
What is the reason why the law is always changing?
200
The publishing of laws.
What is a Law Code?
200
This level of government makes laws regulating drivers.
What is provincial government?
200
This type of law covers cases between two people.
What is a civil law?
200
THis court handles cases thought to have been done wrongly.
What is the Court of Appeals?
300
The belief that we need to have and obey laws.
What is The Rule of Law?
300
You are guilty until proven innocent in this type of law.
What is the French Civil Code?
300
Zoning is set by this level.
What is municipal?
300
A law which enforces rules for living in society.
What is a public law?
300
THis court deals with divorces.
What is Family Court?
400
Applying the law as written.
What is the letter of the law?
400
Using previous decision to help decide a current case.
What is the Rule of Precedent?
400
This level controls the postal service.
What is the federal goverment?
400
A law which protects your right to a trial.
What is due process?
400
Wills and estates are dealt with in this court.
What is Surrogate Court?
500
Applying the law as intended.
What is the spirit of the law?
500
A collection of published landmark decisions.
What is Case Law?
500
Printing fake money will get you in trouble with this government.
What is the federal government.
500
A law which states judges should be free from influences.
What is judicial independence?
500
This court handles all government issues.
What is the Federal Court?