Defintiions Flashcards
laws or acts passed by a government
statutes
three part principle of justice stating that everyone is equal before the law
rule of law
the body of public law that declares acts to be crimes and prescribes punishments for those crimes
criminal law
fixed firmly in law – made part of Canada’s constitution
- entrenched
applies to members of an organization or participants in a game – not enforced by the courts
rules
rights thought to belong to all humans that have been secured by the government
Human Rights
the rule of precedent – means to stand by earlier decisions -
stare decisis
distinction between right and wrong; can be an individual decision or group decision
morality
a reference to a legal case
citation
conviction for a crime was determined by a duel
Trial by combat
rule of conduct established by government for society to follow and obey
law
rights of citizens which limit the power a government has over its citizens
civil rights
an individual was not guilty if another swore on a bible (vouched) that they were not
trial by oath helping
a term for private law governing the relationships between individuals
civil
rights thought to be inherent to all mankind over all times e.g. life, security and liberty -
natural rights
guilt was determined by carrying out a specific task such being thrown into water or carrying hot iron
trial by ordeal
to seek to influence the government to pass laws that would support one’s cause
lobby groups
process of assembling a system of law into one body of statutes
codification
within power of a governing body to pass a law
intra vires
not within power of a governing body to pass a law
ultra vires
