Heritage Flashcards
(22 cards)
The great charter
Magna Carta
Deals with the process or rules that laws must follow.
Procedural
Must be brought before the court to have charges read to determine whether imprisonment is lawful.
Habeas Corpus
No one is above the law.
Rule of law
Independence for British colonies
Statute of west minister
Make changes
Amend
Law passed by government
Statute
Civil Law
Private law
Written down
Codified
Type of law where there’s a compensation
Tort
Opposing sides
Adversarial
Law passed by municipal
By laws
Highest court In Canada
Supreme Court
Basis of law in Quebec
Napoleonic code
Actual laws
Substantive
Rules regulations and laws
Constitution
Funny money.
Ultra vires
Ten Commandments
Mosaic law
The monarch or representative signs a bill into law
Royal assent
Judge made laws that are based on customs and traditions.
Common law
Earliest known written code of law
Hammurabi
Using decisions from past similar cases to help determine the outcome.
Precedent