There have been many influences on Canadian law including Hammurabi, Mosaic, and Roman. Britain has had the most influence on Canadian law. Although there have been many influences on Canada 's legal system, Britain has had the most impact for reasons such as Trial by Combat and Ordeal, Common Law, Rule of Law and the British North American Act of 1867.
The impact that the Hammurabi laws have had on Canada 's legal system today is that the laws are known, along with the hierarchy of laws. Hammurabi was a famous king who ruled Babylonia around 3800 years ago. His way of making the laws known was to have them inscribed in columns of stone to make it apparent to the people of his kingdom. The columns of stone, which could be seen upon entering …show more content…
This concept came about when cases or decisions became common knowledge. For example, in the English legal community, judges who had heard of similar cases may have treated cases alike or even establish some standard of offences. This is known as unwritten laws. Comparative to today 's judges and lawyers referring to earlier decisions to influence or gauge judges when reaching a verdict. Trial lawyers spend a large portion of their time presenting similar or identical cases in hopes of persuading the judge to reach a similar decision. Ultimately, Common Law is one of many methods Britain has had on influencing Canada 's legal …show more content…
Before Canada became an independent country, it was known as the Dominion of Canada. The British North American Act of 1867 came into effect, which meant, Canada was not fully independent. Britain controlled Canada 's foreign affairs, treaties, and could overrule Canadian court decisions, as well as, sanctioning Canada to go to war automatically with Britain. In the 20th century, the Statute of Westminster in 1931, Britain was willing to give Canada their own constitution but the federal and provincial government of Canada were unwilling to lose power and could not agree on a formula to amend the constitution after many years of negotiation Canada came up with a method of changing the constitution, called The Amending
The impact that the Hammurabi laws have had on Canada 's legal system today is that the laws are known, along with the hierarchy of laws. Hammurabi was a famous king who ruled Babylonia around 3800 years ago. His way of making the laws known was to have them inscribed in columns of stone to make it apparent to the people of his kingdom. The columns of stone, which could be seen upon entering …show more content…
This concept came about when cases or decisions became common knowledge. For example, in the English legal community, judges who had heard of similar cases may have treated cases alike or even establish some standard of offences. This is known as unwritten laws. Comparative to today 's judges and lawyers referring to earlier decisions to influence or gauge judges when reaching a verdict. Trial lawyers spend a large portion of their time presenting similar or identical cases in hopes of persuading the judge to reach a similar decision. Ultimately, Common Law is one of many methods Britain has had on influencing Canada 's legal …show more content…
Before Canada became an independent country, it was known as the Dominion of Canada. The British North American Act of 1867 came into effect, which meant, Canada was not fully independent. Britain controlled Canada 's foreign affairs, treaties, and could overrule Canadian court decisions, as well as, sanctioning Canada to go to war automatically with Britain. In the 20th century, the Statute of Westminster in 1931, Britain was willing to give Canada their own constitution but the federal and provincial government of Canada were unwilling to lose power and could not agree on a formula to amend the constitution after many years of negotiation Canada came up with a method of changing the constitution, called The Amending