First Miscellaneous

Question 1

How are Laws everywhere?

Answer 1

• Society is governed by laws
• A students, the law determines when we leave school
• Law impacts when you can drive, renting apartments, and its everywhere in our lives

Question 2

What is an example of how each generation affects laws?

Answer 2

• Politicians putting more priority on Environmental Laws and correcting injustices of the past (ex, Residential Schools)

Question 3

What year did Canada set out the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?

Answer 3

1982

Question 4

What is the difference between Rules and Laws?

Answer 4

Rules are not enforced by courts while Laws are. All Laws are rules but not all rules are Laws.

Question 5

What’s an example of a rule?

Answer 5

Classroom rules

Question 6

What’s an example of a law?

Answer 6

You must be 16 to drive

Question 7

What do laws provide?

Answer 7

Predictability and structure for creating a safe and peaceful society.

Question 8

What is the Rule of Law’s 3-part principle of justice?

Answer 8

1) Rule of law means that individuals must recognize and accept that the law is necessary to regulate society
2) Rule of law means that the law applies to everyone equally, including those in power
3) Rule of law means that no one has the authority to take away our rights, except i accordance to the law

Question 9

What is the underlying concept of justice?

Answer 9

“treat like cases alike and different cases differently”

Question 10

What makes us consider a law unjust?

Answer 10

If it discriminates on the basis of irrelevant characteristics

Question 11

Justice should be _______

Answer 11

Impartial