Final Flashcards
Hammurabi
The ancient king of Babylon credited with the first written or fortified laws
Greeks
These people were the first to use democratic principals and logical thinking and a trial system with judges, jury, and witnesses
Orators
The name for the trained public eloquence speaker, interpret, and explain the law
Rome, Italy
These folks introduced the idea of one supreme superior source of government, where the law would apply equally and universally to everyone
Euro-Canadian
Because our Canadian law system has its roots from French and British legal systems, it is sometimes referred to as…
The rule of law
The idea that laws apply to everyone and protect everyone
The definition of law
The rules of conduct, enforced by the government sanction agencies for individuals and businesses to follow or face consequences
English Common Law
Laws common to all people, developed under recorded court. Decisions that eventually become judicial precedent.
Precedent
A previous case or legal decision taken as a guide for subsequent cases or as justification
Theocracy
A form of government by god or a god or a priestly order claiming a divine commission
Monarchy
Power is inherited, passed down the royal family line, maintaining tradition, but providing no safeguards for citizens
Dictatorship
Power is in the hands of one individual who has the support of the military, the leader stays in power until he dies or is overthrown- no safeguard
Oligarchy
Power is in the hands of a few influential individuals who have little or no regards for those beneath them
Aristocracy
This power is in the elite or upper class, educated, influential people with little or no regards for the people beneath
Democracy
All citizens have a say in government, choice to vote, electing ( or reolecting) officials
Queen Elizabeth II
I am the current Canadian Head of State
The Governor General
The chief representative of the crown. Which the British monarch is head of state
The right honorable David Johnston
Who is the Governor General of Canada
Treaty
A written agreement voluntarily entered into by two or more sovereign state creating mutual binding obligations
Criminal Law
This one includes those laws that are made as deterrents to actions which would be harmful not only to the individuals but also to the community as a whole. It is public law focusing on societal provincial rehabilitation and punishment
Procedural Law
Defines the methods of enforcing rights and obligations of citizens in the state, it is designed to ensure fairness & the process in the legal system by defining the steps in action is..
Statute Law
Actions of the legislature, in Canada an active provincial legislature or the federal parliament adopted pursuant to constitutional authority, statutes, constitutive primary source of law and prescribed conduct, defined crimes, create government bodies, appropriate public money’s, and in general promote the public gooden welfare.
Civil Law
This governs the relationship between individuals and law concerned with individual and private concerns
Substantive Law
This defines the rights & obligations of citizen in state, it clearly identifies the substance of the Law by describing an offense and the facts that must be proven in establishing that an offense has been committed
Public Law
This safeguards the public interest and those governing and regulating the interaction of government in a peak, it includes criminal law, administrative law, common law, constitutional law, and the public international law.
Common or case law
This is the system of juris proves that originated in England and was later applied in Canada. It is based on legal precedent rather than legislative and it embodies the decisions of the judges together with the reasons that they assigned their decisions.
Shamish
I am the Iroq sun-God.
Socrates
I am the most famous Greek philosopher that taught by asking questions.
Plebians
We are poor folk with no rights in Greece.
Athenians
Special Greek citizens with all the rights and privileges.
Patricians
We are the ruling class in Rome, Italy.
Aliens
I am a foreigner, not a natural citizen where am I living.
Moses
The Hebrew leader that received laws from God on tablets of stone.
Sinai
I am the famous Egyptian mountain where the 10 commandments were given out.
Justinian
My name is synonymous with justice. Byzantine Emperor that commissioned 1600 books of Roman Law which formed the basis of civil law.
Irnerius
I taught the first law school in Bologna, Italy.
Napoleon Bonaparte
I commissioned a new code of laws to unify French Law.
Babylon
Ancient city in Iraq, famous for confused language and rebellion against God.
Exodus
I am the second book of the Old Testament in the Bible recording a dyastfer from Egypt
Hebrews
We are the Israel people that descended from Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
Manu
I compiled ancient laws in India previously transferred by oral tradition
Li K’vei
Ancient Chinese man with a hand written set of rules
King Henry II
I agreed with the people to reduce the power of the monarchy. First British King.
William the Conqueror
I invaded England in 1066 in the famous battle of Hastings, that forever changed European history, made myself King under God
Lawyers
I fight in a modern day trial by combat in a court room
Iroquoi
We established a confederacy where women ran the show
St. Augustine
I am a Roman Citizen that believes it was the duty of the church to impose a sense of morality on the government of state
King John of England
I signed the Magna Carta in England 1215 to guarantee basic rights to the British
Garden of Eden
I am the original place in Iraq where the 4 rivers converged
Fines
Specific amounts of money payed to the court as penalties for offences
Evidence
Information that tends to prove or disprove the elements of an offense
Human rights
The right to receive equal treatment, to be free from prohibited discrimination and harassment, to have access to places, services, and opportunities
Crime
An act or omission of an act that is prohibited and punishable by federal statutes
Prejudice
Perceived opinion based on a stereotype or inadequate information
Restitution
Punishment that requires the offender to pay the victim or society back for the harm, loss caused by the crime.
Stereotyping
Having an over simplified standardized or fixed judgement of a group of people
Statutes
Laws that are passed by the government
Apartheid
Laws that are passed by a government are also called whites especially in South Africa
Charter of Rights & Freedoms
A government proclamation that guarantees the rights of all Canadians, regardless of age, race, gender, etc.
Human Rights Code
A legal document that protects people from prohibited discrimination
Provincial Court
Lowest level of hierarchy in the Canadian court system
Superior Court of the Province
Highest criminal and civil court in a province, consisting of a trial, an appeal division. Ex, Queen’s Bench
