Law Flashcards
What are things you are guaranteed and entitled to because of the law?
Legal Rights
Very basic things that one is allowed in a democracy are known as …….
Freedoms
Obligations you have under the law as a citizen in a country are known as ……
Duties or Responsibilities
Laws and their interpretations based on what judges have decided in the past are known as ….
Common Law.
Laws that are written into legislation are known as this type of law.
Statute Law.
This important piece of legislation in 1960 by Canadian
Government was an important development in the Canadian Legal system.
Bill of Rights.
This 1982 piece of legislation (from Pierre Trudeau’s government) formalized exactly what Canadians were entitled to, and entrenched this into the constitution.
The Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
What is the name of this 1867 legislation (law) which saw the beginning of Canada?
The Constitution or the British North American Act.
The term for Police looking through “your stuff” and keeping some of it as evidense.
Search and Seizure.
The process of supplying evidence, which can convict yourself.
Self Incrimination
Name the two possible findings that a judge or jury may find in a court case.
Guilty or Innocent
What is the right to know why you are being detained or arrested called?
Habeas Corpus
What is the name for the process of court where a judge or jury listens to a persons story and makes a decision about their case.
This is a trial.
The term for different treatment because of your religion, race, colour, gender, or sexual identity.
Descrimination
Bill C-31
The amendment to the Indian Act that made it easier for one to regain their lost Indian Status. Previously it was easier for the children of Aboriginal women to lose their status.
People with a countries nationality and legal status (birth certificat, Social Insurance #) are said to be ……
Citizens.
These people enforce the laws!
The Police.
The highest court of our Province is the….
Court of Queen’s Bench.
The highest court of the land.
The Supreme Court of Canada.
Here is the place to go if you believe your court case had the wrong outcome.
Court of Appeal.
This is the body of law, which concerns itself with serious crimes that often have a victim, who suffer bodily harm
Criminal Law
These are the court cases that concern themselves with financial, and business losses, as well as custody issues.
Civil Law.
This act is geared towards young people, it was passed in 2003, and attempted to find alternative sentences for young people. It tries to keep them out of prison.
Youth Criminal Justice Act
The Act of parliament that dealt with youth in the 1980’s. It was harsher, saw more Teens going to jail and more sentences. Nobody under 12 can be convicted of an offence.
Young Offenders Act - 1984
