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a person charged with a crime

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accused

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the decision of government agencies and boards and the law that regulates them
LAWS THAT REGULATE GOVERNMENT

issues between citizens and government eg. telephone bills, immigration

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administrative law

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a procedure to amend or change Canada’s constitution without the involvement of the British Parliament

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amending formula

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trials held before travelling judges

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assizes

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a proposed law; a draft of an act or statute

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bill

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Canada’s first constitution: an act of the British Parliament that brought the Dominion of Canada into being on July 1, 1867

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British North America Act

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written laws formally passed by a municipality

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bylaws

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a political body comprised of the Prime Minister or Premier and ministers of the Crown who make and determine the direction of government policy

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cabinet

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punishment based on prior judgements

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case law

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a reference to the source of a law case as found in reports

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citation

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  1. another term for private law governing the relationship between individuals,
    eg. Family law, Contract law, tort law, property law, labour law
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civil law (private law)

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1750 BCE .
a set of nearly 300 laws recorded by hammurabi, the king of Babylon, nearly 4000 years ago: earliest codification of laws
-an eye for an eye (retribution and restitution)
-on stone tablets
-first stage of history

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Code of Hammurabi

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the process of assembling any system of law into one body of statuses or a single statute, for example : the code of Hammurabi or the criminal code of Canada

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codification

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  1. Law that relies on court devisions for its authority and recorded incase law reports, as distinct from state law;
  2. the law that developed in English courts, as distinct from French civil
  3. law that is common to all people
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common law

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1982

Canada’s constitution, which includes the charter of rights and freedoms and an amending formula

gave all canadians rights.
law can be thrown out if a judge finds it unconstitutional

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constitution Act

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the body of law that deals with the distribution or exercise of powers of government

your rights and your freedoms (a speedy trial)

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constitutional law

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that branch of private or civil law that deals with the making and enforcing of agreements between individuals`

business agreement etc

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contract law

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the body of public law that declares acts to be crimes and prescribes punishments for those crimes

when society is hurt (treason, robbery, piracy, apps)

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criminal law

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prosecutor in criminal matters on behalf of the Crown and society; an agent of the Attorney General, ONLY CRIMINAL

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crown attorney

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  1. the party being sued in a civil action; 2. a defendant’s response to a plaintiff’s claim
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defendant

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that branch of private or civil law that outlines the rights and obligations of employers and employees; also called labour law

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employment law

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that branch of private or civil law dealing with all matters pertaining to the family

eg. divorce, child support, custody, alimony

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family law

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a political, social, and economic system prevalent in Europe between the ninth and fifteenth centuries that was based on the relationship between lord and vassal

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feudalism

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the basis of the law in Quebec, based on the Napoleonic Code

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french civil code

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the elected Members of Parliament in Ottawa
House of Commons
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authority or power to o something, such as make laws
jurisdiction
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550 BCE a code of law put into writing under Justinian Emperor of Rome, during the fifth and sixth centuries. punishments same through out empire
justinian code
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that branch of private or civil law that outlines the rights and obligations of employers and employees; also called employment law eg. salaries, working conditions, working hours, pensions, benefits
labour law
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a rule to govern action; rules of conduct, established by government, for society to follow and obey
law
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a code of laws set out in the first five books of the Old Testament, as established under Moses, in approximately 1400 B.C. second stage
mosaic law
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a code of civil law drawn up by Napoleon Bonaparte, and adopted in France in 1804; the basis of the civil law in Quebec today
napoleonic code
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the highest national law-making body in Canada
Parliament
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to return to one's own country; for example, the patriation of Canada's constitution from England in 1982
Patriation
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the party suing in a civil action
plaintiff
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the legal principle in which court cases with similar facts result in similar devisions; also known as stare decisis
precedent
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all law relating to interaction between persons, as distinct from public law; also called civil law
private law
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the body of law that prescribes or outlines the method of enforcing rights and obligations laws in court room and in trial eg. showing evidence
procedural law
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the date on which a piece of legislation comes into effect
proclamation date
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that branch of private or civil law that deals with ownership, rights, and interests in property eg. real estate
property law
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all law dealing with relations between an individual and the state eg. Criminal law, constitutional law & administrative law
public law
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rules made under the authority of a statue by the department or ministry responsible for carrying out the statute
regulations
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the act of making good; the act of returning that which was taken unlawfully from a person
restitution
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a deserved penalty for a wrong or crime; vengeance; a sentencing objective
retribution
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the monarch's signature, required to formally pass an Act; now given by the Governor General
royal assent
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the fundamental principle that neither the individual nor the government is above the law; society is governed by law that applies equally to all persons
Rule of Law
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the second federal legislative body, after the House of Commons, whose members are appointed rather than elected; also called the Upper House
senate
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Latin phrase meaning “to stand by previous decisions
stare decisis
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an Act passed in 1931 in England, giving Canada sepcific rights concerning law-making
statute of wesminster
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all law passed by Parliament or a provincial legislature
statute law
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that part of law that creates, defines, and regulates rights and obligations
substantive law
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that branch of private or civil law that deals with a wrong committed by one person against another, other than a breach of contract, for which the court will apply a remedy eg. sueing , accidents, lawsuits
tort law
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Purpose of law?
- to maintain order and protect society | - to punish those who break the law
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judical practice by which guilt or innocence of accused is determined by subjection to unpleasant, usually dangerous experience. survival = proof of inncence
Trial by ordeal
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method of germanic law to settle accusations when there are no witness or confessions. winner of fight proclaimed right
Trial by combat
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1215 CE - barons forced king john to sign - must rule with parliament. not above the people, parliament makes laws not king - all citizens have rights
magna carta
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1804 CE - adopted justinian code - uniformed french law (legal processes and punishment same thru out
Napoleonic Code
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queen/gov't of canada versus bad guy (criminal trial)
R. V. Davis
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Civil trial
Brown V. Black

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