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Understanding Canadian Laws |
Key Terms learned. |
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Charter of rights and freedoms |
- Is a set of laws containing the basic rules about how our country operates. -Is one part of the Canadian Constitution. |
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Sexual Orientation |
A person's sexual identity in relation to the gender in which they are attracted towards. |
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Privacy |
The state or condition of being free from being observed or disturbed by other people. |
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Racial Profiling |
The use of Ethnicity or Race as grounds to suspect someone for committing a crime |
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Mandatory Minimum sentencing |
The minimum amount of time in which someone must be convicted for a committed crime. |
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Metis |
A person of mixed ancestry, between Canadian Natives and Europeans. |
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Rule of Law |
The principle that all people and institutions are subject to the law and its regulations |
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Magna Carta |
The precedent/basis on which the "Rule of Law" was created |
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Constitution |
A body of fundamental principles/ established precedents to which a state or organization is subjected to. |
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Democracy |
A system of government in which power is vested in the people; who rule either directly or through an elected representative. |
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Natural Law |
A body of unchanging moral principles regarded as a basis for all human conduct. |
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Critical Legal Theory |
The way in which cases are decided by a single perspective; the law was created to benefit those of higher power and authority, the law was placed simple because it can be. |
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Legal Realism |
The way in which cases are decided by different perspectives for which the action or problem was based. |
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Legal Positivism |
The way in which cases are decided by a single perspective; the law is always good, the law is always right. |
