Law Vocab Unit One Melissa Harrison

Question 1

Adversarial System

Answer 1

Present day law system

Both sides are represented by lawyers, taking place in a court to decide an innocence.

Question 2

Assizes

Answer 2

Travelling courts used under the command of King Henry II. These courts would go around to villages and settle disputes.

Question 3

Case Law/Common Law

Answer 3

also known as “common to all”, Common Law was developed by circuit judges to came together to make similar outcomes for similar cases.

Question 4

Circuit Judges

Answer 4

Used in the time of Common Law, circuit judges were brought around villages in order to resolve disputes.

Question 5

Code of Hammurabi

Answer 5

One of the first recorded set of laws, written by King Hammurabi of Babylon. Based in Sura, Iran.

Question 6

Code of Li K’vei

Answer 6

Made around 350 BCE, Code of K’vei included laws about…

• theft
• robbery
• prison
• arrest

Question 7

Codified

Answer 7

To be written in a systematic order.

eg) King Hammurabi codified laws.

Question 8

Divine Right

Answer 8

Monarchs had a power given to them by God to determine what was right and wrong, and to ultimately decide innocence and guilt.

Question 9

Great Laws Of Manu

Answer 9

Before being written down, laws were passed down orally, through stories and myths. The Great Laws of Manu were Indian Laws brought together between 1280 and 880 BCE.

Question 10

Habeas Corpus

Answer 10

A component of the Magna Carta; Latin for “you must have the body”. This was designed in favour for citizens, as this prevented unlawful arrest-they would have a court date before being detained.

Question 11

Justinian’s Code

Answer 11

Roman Law organized and made sense of, into a code by Justinian I.

Question 12

Magna Carta

Answer 12

An english charter, signed in 1215. This charter contained both political and civil rights. This marked the end of unlimited power, when signed by King John.

Question 13

Mosaic Law / 10 Commandments

Answer 13

Biblical Laws (Hebrew as well), found in the Book of Exodus along with the Ten Commandments; laws to lead all Hebrew people, given to Moses by God.

Question 14

Napoleonic Code

Answer 14

The French Civil Law, used officially in 1804 on.

Question 15

Quebec Civil Code

Answer 15

Our legal system today; the Quebec Civil Code is meant to include all people affected by law: the offenders, victims, and law enforcers. This code includes aboriginal law.

Question 16

Restitution

Answer 16

Justice through payment from the offender to the victim of the crime.

Question 17

Retribution

Answer 17

Justice carried out through vengeance.

eg) if a man kills another man’s daughter, his daughter will be killed.

Question 18

Rule of Law

Answer 18

A three-part principle of Law.

1. Individuals must recognize and accept that law is necessary to regulate society.
2. Law applies to everyone.
3. No one can exercise unrestricted power!

Question 19

Rule of Precedent

Answer 19

A modern day version of stare decisis.

Question 20

Stare Decisis

Answer 20

A latin phrase, meaning for a judge (in its developing time, a circuit judge) to stand by a choice made by a previous judge or paper. Cases must be similar for this to work.

Question 21

The Great Binding Law

Answer 21

Part of Aboriginal Law; the great binding law is the constitution of the Iroquois Confederacy. This constitution is comprised of laws that were previously passed down through generations orally.

Question 22

Trial By Combat

Answer 22

Fighting to see who is innocent

Question 23

Trial By Oath Helping

Answer 23

Swearing on the bible

Question 24

Trial By Ordeal

Answer 24

Torture to determine innoncence