Lesson 2 Flashcards
1
Q
What are the three institutional branches of the legal system?
A
Executive
Legislative
Judicial
2
Q
What is the constitution?
A
The foundational rules of the legal system
‘Rules of the rules’
Tells us proper sources of ordinary legal rules in society
3
Q
What is the executive branch more closely intergrated with?
A
Legislative branch
4
Q
What is common law?
A
Legal rules found in the cases decided by judges siting in courts
5
Q
What is statutory law?
A
Legal rules found in acts and regulations made or authorized by the legislatures
6
Q
Which province does not follow the common and statuary law?
A
Quebec
Civil law instead of statutory law, common law in the rest of the country
