Law 12 Chapter 1 Vocabulary

Question 1

Adversarial System

Answer 1

common law countries where two advocates represent their parties’ positions before an impartial person or group of people, usually a jury or judge, who attempt to determine the truth of the case.

Question 2

Assizes

Answer 2

King HenryII introduced
Part of travelling court
Criminal court
Used to settle disputes on land 
Began recording down informations
beginning of case/common law

Question 3

Case Law/ Common Law

Answer 3

Civil issues
punishments consistent
based on Rule of Precedent

Question 4

Circuit Judges

Answer 4

King Henry II
travelled around to deal with matters
senior judges who sit in crown

Question 5

Code of Hammurabi

Answer 5

earliest known recorded
didn't differentiate between accidental and deliberate
From king to rule people
patriarchal society 
1792-1750 BC

Question 6

Code of Li’Kvei

Answer 6

Chinese law
passed down through speech
dealt with theft,robbery,prison, and arrest
350 BC

Question 7

Codified

Answer 7

arranged in systematic way
laws organized
written down

Question 8

Divine Right

Answer 8

God was judge

Kings believed in all powerful judgement of god

Question 9

Great Laws of Manu

Answer 9

Previously passed from word of mouth
earliest known of laws
between 1280 and 800 BC

Question 10

Habeas Corpus

Answer 10

From Magna Carta
Person must be brought before judge in certain amount of time
Made it impossible for people to be held for long periods of time for no reason

Question 11

Justinian’s Code

Answer 11

Byzantine Law
1600 books
formed basis of civil law
roman law refined

Question 12

Magna Carta

Answer 12

King Henry II son signed Charter
Charter of political and civil rights
established rule of law

Question 13

Mosaic Law

Answer 13

also 10 commandments
moses got laws from God on top Mount Sinai
to guide hebrew people
in exodus in Bible
more concern for punishments of deliberate actions

Question 14

Napoleonic Code

Answer 14

Basis of French Civil code in Quebec
introduced divorce
did not apply to everyone
combined germanic and justinian's code
judges could no longer overstep boundaries

Question 15

Quebec Civil code

Answer 15

From Napoleonic code

Question 16

Restitution

Answer 16

compensation for injury or loss
something stolen or taken that is replaced
code of Hammurabi

Question 17

Retribution

Answer 17

punishment for criminal act
vengeance
code of Hammurabi based on this

Question 18

Rule of Law

Answer 18

Necessary to govern society
law applies equally to everyone
no one has arbitrary power to take away someones rights
all three work together

Question 19

Rule of Precedent

Answer 19

record cases to help ruling
using past cases to decide on current
case/common law

Question 20

Stare Decisis

Answer 20

Stand by decision
prior decisions on past facts used to decide ruling will be stood by and not altered
development of rule of precedent

Question 21

The Great Binding Law

Answer 21

Gaynashagowa
Six Nations
For first nations community

Question 22

Trial By Combat

Answer 22

Duel between two people
god would help winner
if weak you could have someone else fight for you

Question 23

Trial By Oath Helping

Answer 23

person who knows accused could swear the were not guilty
worked because many people were very religious
believed if they lied god would punish

Question 24

Trial by Ordeal

Answer 24

Accused underwent torture
water
fire
cake
combat
trial by oath helping
god was judge and would help who was not guilty