Introduction to Canadian Law
with Mr. Spencer

Your Name: ____________________________

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Refer to your textbook All About Law Fifth Edition by Gibson, Murphy, Jarman and Grant, Nelson, Toronto 2003 (ISBN: 0-17-620148-3)

Final Summative Evaluation Review Worksheet

Final Evaluation Outline
Your Final Evaluation is 1 hour long. It contains the following sections:

Part A: Multiple Choice
Part B: Terms: Definitions and Significance
Part C: Short Answer
Part D: Long Answer

Final Evaluation Review
In order to prepare and study for the Final Evaluation, you should review the following:
 

Textbook
Bring your textbook "All About Law" to the Final Evaluation. There will be some Final Evaluation questions about specific pages in your textbook.

Terms: Define each term and explain the significance to the study of Canadian Law.

22 Division
A. Grenville and William Davis Courthouse
abduction
Aboriginal Law
absolute liability offence
Administrative Law
actus reus
arraignment
assault
balance of probabilities
bench
beyond a reasonable doubt
Biblical Law
BNA Act
bootleg
child friendly courts
circumstantial evidence
citation
Civil Law
Code of Hammurabi
codification
Commercial Law
Common Law
court clerk
covering letter
crime
Criminal Law
Crown Prosecutor
culpable homicide
Curia Regis
defence counsel
direct evidence
disclosure
Donald Marshall
due diligence
Employment Law
enticing
Environmental Law
euthanasia
Family Law
fraud
French Civil Code
habeas corpus
Hammurabi
homicide
House of Commons
human rights
hybrid offence
indictable offence
indictment
industrial design protection
infanticide
International Law
CU Log

jury
jury duty
jury selection
Justice of the Peace
Justinian Code
leading question
litigation
Magna Carta
magnetometer
manslaughter
mens rea
Mosaic Law
municipalities
Napoleonic Code
National Law
patent
peremptory challenge
perjury
plaintiff
Procedural Law
Property Law
resume
robbery
R.C.M.P.
royalty
Roy Ebsary
royalty
Rule of Law
rule of precedent
Sallyport
second degree murder
sequestering
sexual assault
sheriff
small claims court
statute
Statute law
Statute of Westminister
strict liability
subpoena
substantive law
suicide
Supreme Court of Canada
Tax Law
Ten Commandments
thesis
Tort Law
trademark
video remand room
willful blindness
Wills and Estates

 

 

  

 

Final Evaluation Outline for Canadian Law
with Mr. Spencer

 

Issues

1. Innocent people serving time in Canadian prisons.
2. Canada's high rate of aboriginal people serving time in Canadian prisons.

 

Course Material

1. Describe what you learned from doing the CU.
2. What did you learn from our field trip to the Brampton Court House and the Peel Regional Police Station?
3. What is the advantage of giving the Federal Government of Canada the authority to create criminal law?
4. What can the law enforcement system and court system learn from the mistakes made in the Donald Marshall case?
5. Why do we need laws? Explain.
6. Why does technology require new laws every few years to regulate it?Explain.
7. Which government has jurisdiction over natural resources and education? Why?
8. Why is there overlapping jurisdiction between the federal and provincial governments for taxes?
9. Why is it important to have the source and date when gathering newspaper articles about law issues? Explain.
10. What is the significance of the Criminal Code in Canada?
11. List all the different names given to a crown prosecutor.
12. Does the media usually follow the principle "presumed innocent until proven guilty". Explain.
13. Why is money paid to the government as punishment for criminal acts? Explain.
14. List the factors that could contribute to a life of crime.
15. Describe the characteristics about a typical inmate serving time in a Canadian penitentiary.
16. Describe a career in the legal or law enforcement industry. Describe the kind education and training required.
17. How does making bootleg copies of computer software and music CD's negatively affect the creators? Explain.
18. Describe what you learned from the presentation by a Peel Regional Police Constable.
19. Describe what you learned from the presentation by a social worker.

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