Law

• Intra Vires- within the power of
• Collective Bargaining- Process in which the employer and employee negotiate terms of employment
• Plea Bargaining is when you plead guilty to a lesser offense
• Ultra Vires is Beyond the power
• Jurisprudence is the study of the law and its application to particular situations
• Rehabilitation is a sentencing goal to improve oneself
• Recidivism is the tendency of a person to reoffend after being released from prison.
• Surrebuttal is a response to a rebuttal (defense rebuttal)
• Rebuttal is a statement saying that something is not true
• Notwithstanding clause gives parliament teh power to override basic charter provisions
• Discrimination is treating a person differently based on their race, sex, age, etc.
• Voir Dire is when the judge determines if evidence is good enough to be admitted into the trial
• Prima Facie is the demonstration of convincing evidence
• Racial Profiling is the practice of stopping and searching people based on their race or ethnicity
• Procedural Law is the act of enforcing substantive law
• Precedent is the legal ruling used as a guide for future cases
• Substantive Law is the opposite of procedural law, it is the law that governs the rights and duties of the people and government
• Prejudice is an opinion or judgement on a group of people depending on their characteristics
• Sanction is a penalty or punishment for breaking a law or rule
• Extradition is when an offender is sent back to their original country to face trial
• R v. Lavalee is the case that focuses on 'Battered Woman Syndrome'
• Pandori v. Peel Board is the case that focuses on Religious discrimination
• Rocarelli v. Duplessis Issue is the case that focuses on Rule of Law
• Rule of law is the idea that no one is above the law
• R v. Latimer is the case that focuses on Mercy Killing
• R v. Parks is the case that focuses on Automatism
• Automatism is a performance of actions without conscience thought or intention
• R v Oakes is the case that focuses on Reverse Onus
• Reverse Onus is when the accused must prove that the act was not a crime
• R v. Keegstra is the case that focuses on denial of freedom of speech
• Childs v. Deormeaux is the case that focuses on Social Host Liability
• R v. Proulx is the case that focuses on dangerous driving
• Hornill/Seller v. Garden Grove is the case that focuses on wrongful dismissal
• mens rea is the guilty mind or intention of the accused
• actus reas is the physical act of committing a crime
• A defendant is a person who has been accused of committing a crime
• An Indictable Offence is a serious crime that comes with a serious punishment
• Legal realism is a theory that focuses on the practical application of the law
• A referendum is an event in which the people of a country vote for or against a law on a particular issue
• a conditional sentence is a jail sentence served in the community whereby the offender follows specific rules