the Canadian legal system (week 4)

Question 1

What is due process?

Answer 1

is a feature of justice that encompasses the notion that all people are equal before the law and are entitled to the same rights and benefits arising from the law

Question 2

What is common law?

Answer 2

describes a system based on rules, principles, and doctrine developed by English judges over time

Question 3

What is statute law (also known as legislation)?

Answer 3

a formal written set of rules passed by legislative body to regulate a particular area, such as those acts that regulate nursing in provinces

Question 4

What is the charter of rights and freedoms?

Answer 4

is a statement of principles guaranteeing rights and freedoms for everyone, subject only to such limits as are reasonable in a free and democratic society

Question 5

What is custom?

Answer 5

principles and rules of a particular trade or relationship, the courts will elevate accepted practice in a particular trade or relationship to a rule of law when statues and common law are silent on a particular issue

Question 6

What is case law?

Answer 6

individual court decisions constitute a body of precedent in which rules, definitions of legal concepts and legal principles have been fashioned by judges over centuries

Question 7

What is the difference between regulations and laws?