Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms
Chapter 2 Key Terms:
Primary Sources of Law: those parts of a legal system that have the longest historical development and represent the system’s cumulative values, beliefs, and principles.
Code: a systematic collection of laws, written down and organized into topics.
Custom: a long-established way of doing something that, over time, has acquired the force of law.
Convention: a way of doing something that has been accepted for so long that it amounts to an unwritten rule.
Secondary Sources of Law: current laws that enshrine a society’s values in written rules and regulations that have been formulated by legislators and judges.
Constitutional Law: in Canada, the body of written laws that set out how the country will be governed. …show more content…
What is the intent of each piece of legislation?
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: It is a bill of rights entrenched in the Constitution of Canada. The Charter guarantees certain political rights to Canadian citizens and civil rights of everyone in Canada from the policies and actions of all areas and levels of government. It is designed to unify Canadians around a set of principles that embody those rights.
Charter of the United Nations: It is a foundational treaty of the international organization called the United Nations. As a charter, it is a constituent treaty, which means all members are bound to follow its articles. The purpose of this charter is to maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace.
Civil Code of Quebec: a general law that contains all of the basic provision that govern life in society, namely the relationships among citizens and the relationships between people and property. It governs all civil rights, such as leasing property, sales contracts, etc. IT also deals with family …show more content…
Basically, it requires the same type of preparation to become a judge and/or a lawyer. Once a person starts judging, he/she is often faced with cases in areas of law they aren’t particularly prepared in. This raises two concerns: the knowledge of a judge in an area of law in which he or she had no previous experience; and the sensitivity of a judge to the circumstances of one or both of the parties in case. In 1988, the National Judicial Institute was formed as an independent, non-profit organization that serves the Canadian judiciary by planning, coordinating, and delivering judicial education dealing with the
Primary Sources of Law: those parts of a legal system that have the longest historical development and represent the system’s cumulative values, beliefs, and principles.
Code: a systematic collection of laws, written down and organized into topics.
Custom: a long-established way of doing something that, over time, has acquired the force of law.
Convention: a way of doing something that has been accepted for so long that it amounts to an unwritten rule.
Secondary Sources of Law: current laws that enshrine a society’s values in written rules and regulations that have been formulated by legislators and judges.
Constitutional Law: in Canada, the body of written laws that set out how the country will be governed. …show more content…
What is the intent of each piece of legislation?
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: It is a bill of rights entrenched in the Constitution of Canada. The Charter guarantees certain political rights to Canadian citizens and civil rights of everyone in Canada from the policies and actions of all areas and levels of government. It is designed to unify Canadians around a set of principles that embody those rights.
Charter of the United Nations: It is a foundational treaty of the international organization called the United Nations. As a charter, it is a constituent treaty, which means all members are bound to follow its articles. The purpose of this charter is to maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace.
Civil Code of Quebec: a general law that contains all of the basic provision that govern life in society, namely the relationships among citizens and the relationships between people and property. It governs all civil rights, such as leasing property, sales contracts, etc. IT also deals with family …show more content…
Basically, it requires the same type of preparation to become a judge and/or a lawyer. Once a person starts judging, he/she is often faced with cases in areas of law they aren’t particularly prepared in. This raises two concerns: the knowledge of a judge in an area of law in which he or she had no previous experience; and the sensitivity of a judge to the circumstances of one or both of the parties in case. In 1988, the National Judicial Institute was formed as an independent, non-profit organization that serves the Canadian judiciary by planning, coordinating, and delivering judicial education dealing with the