Canadian Law- Test 1

Difference between rule and law?

1. law is a rule established by the government
2. law is applied to everyone
3. has more severe and detailed punishements

What is Rule of Law

are rules everyone has to follow and one is above the law

What are the 6 early societies contributions

hammurabi, chrisitanity, greeks, napoelon, englsih and ancient rome

What did Hammurabi do?

he came up with written laws

What did Mosaic Law do

introduced the 10 commandments

What is greek law?

the jury system

what is roman law?

lawyers

what is justinian code?

came up with the basis of civil law

what is napoleon code?

came up with easy to understand code of law which canada based its civil code on

What is the british influence on canadian law?

feudal system, magna carta, rule of law, common law

what is the feudal system

the king was at the top of British hierarchy and owned all the land and would give all the king's vassals land. the kings vassals taxes were paid to the king and church

what is magna carta

is a document that told the king he could not abuse the power and was no longer above the law which established rule of law

common law

formed the basis of common law or case law

what is precedents

applying previous descions to a case that has a similar circumstances

what is sources of law

has 3 soucres of law constiuional law, statute law and common law

what is constituional law

overides all laws and all all laws must follow te cosituional law

what is statute law

are decisions that have been officially written down passed in provinical, federal and municipal legislatures

what is common law

relies on case law and is a judge-made law that is common to all people

what are catergories of law

what are the levels of government

what is federal?

responsible for the entire country (defence, copyrights and aboriginal affairs)

what is municipal?

responsible for the city, town concerns (public transit, sewage, animal control)

what is provincial law?

responsible for its provice/territoy concerns (healthcare, education and energy)

what are the branches of government

legislative, executive and judicidal

what is legistlative

the power to make laws

what is exective

makig sure the laws are created are carried out and implemented

what is judicidal

settle conflicts between indivduals and governmet

what is the law making process

1. creating a bill 2. first reading (to give a formal public notice) 3. secound reading (MPs debate on the strengths and weaknesses) 4. committees (fix details) 5. third reading (discuss the final form of the bill) 6. approved by senate (the same process happens) 7. the royal asset gets approval