INTRODUCTION TO LAW TERMS
Types of Law Concepts History Law Types of Law #2 Misc. Terms
LAW OR ACT PASSED BY PARLIAMENT (VOTED AND AGREED UPON) Statute Law
CREATED BY MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS DEALING WITH LOCAL RULES. (NON-CRIMINAL IN NATURE) Bylaws
BODY OF LAW SET IN THE CONSTITUTION THAT DEALS WITH THE DISTRIBUTION AND EXERCISE OF THE POWERS FOR THE FEDERAL AND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS. Constitutional Law
LAW THAT DEFINES THE RIGHTS, DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF CITIZENS AND GOVERNMENT Substantive Law
LAW THAT PRESCRIBES THE METHODS OF ENFORCING THE RIGHTS & OBLIGATIONS OF SUBSTANTIVE LAW. Procedural Law
PUNISHING AN OFFENDER FOR REVENGE OR TO SATISFY THE PUBLIC THAT THE OFFENDER HAS PAID FOR THE CRIME (EYE FOR AN EYE) Retribution
PUNISHMENT THAT REQUIRES THE OFFENDER TO COMPENSATE THE VICTIM OR SOCIETY FOR THE HARM OR LOSS CAUSED BY THE CRIME. Restitution
LAWS APPLY EQUALLY TO EVERYONE; PEOPLE ARE NOT GOVERNED BY ARBITRARY POWER. Rule of Law
APPLYING A PREVIOUS DECISION TO A CASE THAT HAS SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES Rule of Precedent
MEANS A PERSON HAS TO KNOW WHY THEY ARE ARRESTED AND BROUGHT BEFORE THE COURT IN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. Habeas Corpus
TOOK ARBITRARY POWER FROM THE KING ESTABLISHING THE RULE OF LAW AND HABEAS CORPUS. NO ONE WAS ABOVE THE LAW Magna Carta:
LAW GIVEN TO MOSES AND SET OUT IN THE BIBLE. FOCUSING ON THE TEN COMMANDMENTS Mosaic Law
EARLIEST KNOWN SETS OF RECORDED LAW FOUND IN BABYLON Code of Hammurabi
REQUIRING A PERSON TO UNDERGO TORTURE TO DETERMINE GUILT OR INNOCENCE Trail by Ordeal
TRAVELING COURTS MEANT TO MAKE DECISIONS FAIRER BETWEEN DIFFERENT AREAS Assizes
LAWS OF THE IROQUOIS CONFEDERACY THAT OUTLINED RIGHTS, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. Great binding law
METHOD OF DECIDING CASES BASED ON RECORDED DECISIONS IN SIMILAR CASES Case Law
LAWS THAT WERE ESTABLISHED BASED ON RULINGS IN VARIOUS CASES Common Law
LAW THAT IDENTIFIES CRIMES AND PRESCRIBES PUNISHMENT Criminal law
LAW THAT HOLDS PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGE THAT THEY CAUSE ANOTHER PERSON Tort Law
ARRANGE AND RECORD LAWS SYSTEMATICALLY Codified
THE CLARIFICATION OR ORGANIZATION OF ROMAN LAW Justinian Code
CONCEPT THAT MONARCHS DERIVED THEIR POWER TO RULE FROM GOD AND WERE ACCOUNTABLE ONLY TO GOD Divine Right
THE POLITICAL OR LEGAL AUTHORITY TO PASS AND ENFORCE, OR PRESIDE OVER AND ISSUE Jurisdiction
THE CIVIL LAW IN FRANCE AND QUEBEC ALSO KNOWN AS THE FRENCH CIVIL CODE Napoleonic Code
AGREEMENT NOT TO PROSECUTE FOREIGN DIPLOMATS FOR CERTAIN CRIMES THEY COMMIT WHILE WORKING IN THE HOST NATION Diplomatic immunity