Chapter 1: Law: Its Purpose and History

Question 1

Who makes the laws in Canada?

Answer 1

The citizens of Canada elect lawmakers who make laws that suit the majority of Canadians

Question 2

What are laws?

Answer 2

Rules established and enforced by the government

Question 3

What are rules?

Answer 3

Rules are set by an institution, such as a family or a school to regulate how that institution functions

Question 4

Why are rules and laws important?

Answer 4

They are necessary to keep peace and order in society and to settle disputes

Question 5

What is public law?

Answer 5

Public law controls the relationship between the government and the people and includes criminal, administrative, and constitutional law

Question 6

What is Private (Civil) law?

Answer 6

Private/Civil law outlines the rights and responsibilities of private citizens and organizations and includes family law, contract law, tort law, property law, and labour law

Question 7

What are the five functions of law?

Answer 7

• Establish rules of conduct
• Rpvide system of enforcement
• Protect rights and freedoms
• Protect society
• Resolve disputes.

Question 8

What is law?

Answer 8

• Laws refelct the value and beliefs of a society. They are rules made by the government to forbid actions that are not allign with their values.

Question 9

What is substantive law?

Answer 9

laws that outline your rights and obligations to society

Question 10

What is procedural law?

Answer 10

The legal processes involved in protecting our rights.

Question 11

What is public law?

Answer 11

Controls the realtionship between the government and the people

Question 12

What is private law?

Answer 12

outlines the relationship between private individuals and organizations.

Question 13

What is the law that regulates government boards and agencies?

Answer 13

Administrative law

Question 14

What are the types of laws that protect the rights and freedoms of Canadian society?

Answer 14

• Criminal law
• Constitutional law
• Administrative law

Question 15

What areas of law are considered private?

Answer 15

• Contractual law
• Tort law
• Family law
• Propety law
• Labor and employment law

Question 16

What is the significance of the code of Hammurabi and the mosaic law?

Answer 16

• They both illustrated the concept of retribution. For every crime there should be a consequence.
• Mosaic law introduced the concept of restitution. Paying the victim back for the damaged caused.

Question 17

How did the English common law system develop?

Answer 17

• England was based under teh feudal system. King dividen land among nobels and those nobels were his servants.
• Lords acted as judges, so to limit bias king appointed judges that travelled around England and hel hearings.
• When similar cases judges recorded them and called them case law.
• As they developped standard punishments this became the common law.

Question 18

How is the rule of precedent used in today’s system of law?

Answer 18

Lawyers and judges still refer to earlier dicisions on cases that are identical or similar to the one they are dealing with. They influences and guide judges to reach a veredict.

Question 19

Why is the case citation useful in law?

Answer 19

To record the decisions so they are orginized and easier to find.

Question 20

What is the significance of statute law as a source of law?

Answer 20

The laws that the parliament passes are known as Statute laws. The parliament filled the gaps and made new laws to deal with new situations.

Question 21

What is the difference between human rights and civil rights?

Answer 21

Human rights are acquired by being alife, while Civil rights are obtained by being legal member of certain political state.

Question 22

what impact did the U.S bill of Rights have on the development of rights law?

Answer 22

It guarantees civil rights and liberties to the individuals, limiting the power of the parliament.