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Unit 1 – History of Law Flashcards

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Rules vs Laws

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  • Laws are for everyone, have punishments, and are necessary, rules are not.
  • Not all rules are law, law is all rules
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What is law

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  • Regulations of social, political, and economic activities
  • A reflection of the values and beliefs of society at a time
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International law

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Relations between independent nations

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Domestic law

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Law that governs activity within a nation’s borders

  • Ex. Constitutional, Statute, & Case Law
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Substantive law

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Rights, duties, and obligations of citizens and government

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Procedural law

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Methods of enforcing the rights and obligations of substantive law

  • Steps that must be followed in any legal action
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Public law

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Relationships between government and its citizens

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Constitutional law

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Law dealing with the distribution and exercise of government powers

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Administrative law

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Law between people and government agencies

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Criminal law

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Defines crime and punishment

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Private law

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Law between individuals and organizations and
corporations

  • Ex. civil law
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Tort law

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  • Holds people and private organizations responsible for damage they cause another person as a result of accident (negligence) or deliberate action
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Family law

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Marriage, custody, support of children, divorce, division of property

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Wills & estates

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Division of property after death

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Employment law

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Rights of employee and employer

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Property law

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Ownership rights in all property

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Contract law

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Rules regarding agreements between people and businesses

  • Especially when people purchase goods or services
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Origins of Canadian law

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  • Originated from early british law, common law, feudal system, Magna Carta, Indigenous law
  • Each contributed their own parts to it, making what we have now
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How is Canadian law shaped by previous laws?

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  • If repealed already, legal precedent still allows them to influence todays law a little
  • Still influenced by previous common law, british law, etc.
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Historical periods of law

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Hammurabi

  • Early first recorded written law
  • Governed laws of Babylonian citizens

Romans

  • Lawyers
  • Justinian code

Napolean

  • Simplified law, made it more understandable
  • Spread very quickly throughout Europe

Magna Carta

  • Basic individual rights
  • Rule of Law
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What is the rule of law

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  • Law is equal and applied to everyone, regardless of status, etc.
  • Law is equal and cannot restrict rights, etc.
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Common law vs statute law

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  • Common law is based on precedent and previous rulings
  • Statute law is written law made by the government, like parliment

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