terms

Question 1

trial by combat

Answer 1

1066 accused and accuser would fight to determine guilt and innocence, The rich guy could hire someone to fight for them. Therefore lot’s of innocent people were killed. Adversarial system, expensive lawyers vs poor guy representing himself

Question 2

jury of peers

Answer 2

tried by a jury of “fellow peer’s rather than by a judge

Question 3

precedent

Answer 3

applying a previous decision to a case that has similar circumstances

Question 4

habeas corpus

Answer 4

a court order designed to prevent unlawful arrest by ensuring that anyone detained is charge before a court within a reasonable amount of time. You need evidence to arrest, if the evidence is not there within a certain amount of time the person can walk.

Question 5

rule of law

Answer 5

individuals must recognize & accept that the law is necessary to regulate society. The law applies equally to everyone, including people in power.

Question 6

jurisdiction

Answer 6

the political or legal authority to pass and enforce laws, or the judicial authority to decide a case

Question 7

scandenavian model

Answer 7

going after ‘Johns’ (clients) and ‘pimps’ (traffickers) NOT prostitutes. The prostitutes are seen as the victims because human trafficking isn’t simple prostitution. It is coerced and the avails are not gained by the prostitute

Question 8

class action suit

Answer 8

legal action filed by a group of people represented by one person (or a small group)

Question 9

state of being

Answer 9

affiliated with a criminal act or being in possession of say a weapon or something of the like

Question 10

indictable

Answer 10

rendering the person who commits it liable to be charged with a serious crime that warrants a trial by jury - preliminary hearing necessary

Question 11

capital punishment

Answer 11

death as punishment for crime; “death sentence”

Question 12

conspiracy

Answer 12

an agreement between two or more people to carry out an illegal act, even if that act does not actually occur - planning

Question 13

calpable

Answer 13

criminally responsible (eg: manslaughter, infanticide, 1st degree or 2nd degree)

Question 14

equalization

Answer 14

section 36 pf the Constituition act which provides for equal access to essential services for all Canadians. - Have and Have not provinces - to make things equal between provinces that can and cannot afford things such as public health care etc - this is where our taxes go

Question 15

Infanticide

Answer 15

natural mother with child under 12 months suffering from post partum, and therefore kills her baby