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Historical Roots of
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Important Cases
VocabSources of
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Final Jeopardy
Citations
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Final Jeopardy
Criminal, in 1993 – Supreme Court of Canada, 4th addition of DLR (reference book) on page 626
Read the citation below. Indicate what type of case it was and 2 other elements
shown in the citation
R v Cognos Inc (1993), 99 DLR (4th) 626 (SCC).
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Mosaic
Name the law source that is also known as biblical or
Hebrew law
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Chinese law – one of first document written laws
What was the code of Li K’vei?
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Retribution/Restitution
What were most of Hammurabi’s laws based on?
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Napoleonic Code
This was also known as the French Civil Code
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1. The law must be written
2. Justice is not left in hands of just judges to interpret
What were the 2 principles of Roman law?
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Answer varies
What does the case of R v Dudley + Stevens reveal
about morality?
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Answer varies
How was the pot fiddler case an example of a lack of
impartial justice?
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Duplessis used arbitrary power to take away Roncarelli’s liquor licence
How does Roncarelli v Duplessis reveal an absence
of the Rule of law?
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Answer varies
How does the case of R v Clarke affect the rule of law?
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Milosevic refused to recognize the authority of the international tribunal and refused to enter a plea
How was the Milosevic trial controversial in terms of
International law?
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Stare decsisis
A latin phrase meaning “to stand by the decision”
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Travelling judge who listens to cases
What is a circuit judge?
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Evidence is presented to two opposing parties to an impartial judge
What is the adversarial system?
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“you must have the body” speedy trial
What is habeas corpus?
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1. Law is necessary to maintain order
2. Law equal to all
3. No one has authority to take away our rights
What are the 3 aspects of the rule of law
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Case law
Common law is also known as
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Constitutional, Statue, Common
Name the 3 sources of law
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Finding that no precedent relates to the unique case (mostly due to new technology
etc)What is distinguishing a
case?
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A law or act passed by the government
What is statute law?
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municipal
Bylaws are created by which level of government?
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2 duel – innocent one is the one left alive
What is a trial by battle?
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Friend swears the innocence of accused on bible
What is the Oath by helping?
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Accused must endure torture – if wounds heal they are innocent
What is Trial by ordeal?
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How did the Iroquois Great Binding laws shape some of
Canada’s laws?
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Made no one above the law
How did the Magna Carta establish basic rights for
people?
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Criminal & Property Law
You see a “no trespassing” sign but hop the fence for a
swim in a private pool
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Estate
You receive $ after a grandparent passes away
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Family
You are underage and want to get married
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Contract
You purchase a DVD player that stops working after one
month
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Administrative and Constitutional
As a student you feel you should not have to pay
income tax
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What is the difference between domestic and
International law
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Law that identifies crimes and prescribes punishments
What is criminal law
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Public and Private
What are the two types of substantive law?
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Tort, Estate &Wills, Family, Property, Contract, Employment
Name the 6 types of private law
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Methods of enforcing the rights and obligations of substantive law
What is procedural law?
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