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Week 2: The legal context for practice Flashcards

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System of rules and principles based on past judgement/rulings in cases (i.e. precedents)

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English common law

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English common law:

  • Also called _____ ____
  • No ____ book
  • Primary objectives?
  • In Canada, ______ law = Common Law System
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Case law
rule
1° objective = consistency, predictable
public

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Private law = ______ law in Canada, except where?

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common

QC

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What are the sources of common law?

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Statutes
Case law (precedent)
Doctrine
Custom

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Formal laws passed by government; are the most authoritative form of common law (i.e. override over sources of common law in Canada)

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Statutes

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Organize, from most authoritative to least, the sources of common law in Canada.

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Statutes
Case law/precedent
doctrine
custom

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Passed court decisions that help to form the basis of decisions that are made in court cases in the present

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Case Law/precedent

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Scholarly literature, written by law scholars and academics, they talk about different cases and what happens in other cases or speak to what kind of harm occured

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Doctrine

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Hardly ever used, least authoritative, only ever enacted if there are no laws on a situation, no past cases, or no doctrine/literature discussing the case

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Custom law

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If custom law must be enacted, what do judges look to?

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Look to profession/trade and see what the common practices are to inform their decisions

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Most commonly used form of common law

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Case law

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What is the private legal system that is used in QC?

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French civil law

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French civil law:

  • based on _____ law
  • comprehensive statement of _____
  • developed from _______ writings from ______ experts, common sense and _____ principles
  • Primary source of law in QC for _____ (private) cases
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roman
rules
scholarly, legal, ethical
civil

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For public law, what system does QC use?

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English common law system

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There are many sources of common law, but what do those using French civil law use?

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Look at the civil code

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Huge rulebook; the lawyers bible in QC

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civil code

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Since Canada has two law systems, it is termed?

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bi-jural

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What is at the top of Canada’s court system?

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Supreme court

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If a precedent is enacted at the supreme court level, this necessarily means that it will be enacted at the provincial level. (T or F?)

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True

20
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What are some laws and legislations that govern our practice in Ontario?

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RHPA

Nurses Act

21
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Documents which outline our scope and define what our duty of care is to the population we serve, and outlines are standard of care

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RHPA

Nurses act

22
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Legal obligation imposed on an individual to act or refrain from acting in a way such as to avoid causing harm to the person or property of another who might reasonably be affected and whose rights and well-being ought to be considered by the actor

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professional duty of care

23
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A nurse’s treatment of a patient will be judged by the standard of the reasonably competent nurse.

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Standard of care

24
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Defines what another nurse who is competent and prudent would do in a similar situation.

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Standard of care

25
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There are two definitions of civil law in Canada, what are they?

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Private law system in QC and private law system

26
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Deals with the relationships between individuals or private parties to settle private disputes

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Private law

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Rules for the relationship between the individual and society or for the roles of different governments

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Public law

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Rules for the relationship between the individual and society or for the roles of different governments.

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Public law

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Public law includes these law types.

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Criminal, constitutional, administrative

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Other than QC, the rest of Canada uses this system for both public and private law.

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Common law

31
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What are some constitutional laws that affect nursing care in Canada?

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MAID, patient’s rights to have an abortion

32
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Indicate whether civil or criminal law
A - Offences set out in the Criminal code or other Federal laws
B - includes contracts, property disputes, torts
C - State or crown investigates and prosecutes on the victim’s behalf
D - plaintiff vs. defendant
E - outcome often monetary award to address harm inflicted
F - Acts of intentional harm to individuals that are offences against society (Deals with)
G - most offences require proof beyond a reasonable doubt in order for an accused to be found guilty

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A - Criminal (public) law
B - Civil law (private)
C - Criminal (public) law
D - Civil law (private)
E - Civil law (private)
F - Criminal (public) law
G - Criminal (public) law
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In civil cases, ________ plays absolutely no role

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government

34
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Deals with acts of intentional harm, but are offences to us all

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criminal law (public)

35
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Crown or state represents the plaintiff, defendant needs a lawyer against the crown

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criminal law (public)

36
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Innocent until proven guilty fits here

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criminal law (public)

37
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For the following examples, describe whether it is civil or criminal:
1 - An RN moves a wet floor sign out of the way so that they can move a piece of equipment down the hall. They are busy and forget to put it back. A patient slips on the wet floor and breaks their hip.

2 - an RN intentionally turns off a patient’s ventilator without consent from the family, killing the patient

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1 - civil

2 - criminal

38
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Civil wrong committed by one person against another such as to cause some injury or damage to either person or property

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Tort

39
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By definition, a tort is not ______.

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criminal

40
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What are the types of torts?

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Intentional - assault or battery

non-intentional - negligence

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