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14 Cards in this Set
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Rule of Law |
The fundamental principle that society is governed by laws applying to all persons and that neither any person nor the government is above the law |
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Metis |
French speaking descendants of fur traders/voyageurs and aboriginal peoples |
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Case Law/Common Law |
A type of law developed in England that is based on following previous judicial decisions and is common to all the people of a country |
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Statute Law |
Laws passed by legislatures |
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Crown Attorney: |
A lawyeremployed by the state to prosecute a criminal offence
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Apartheid: |
A former policy of the South African government that involved discrimination and segregation directed against non-whites |
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Entrenched in the constinution |
Forming part the constitution, and amended only through the formal constitutional process |
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Ad hoc organization |
An organization created for a specific purpose |
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National organization |
An organization that represents a particular group of people on a permanent basis and has more than one purpose or goal |
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Royal Commission |
Board of inquiry appointed by the government to investigate and report on a particular issue |
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Intervenor |
An individual, agency, or group of people not directly involved in a case but who, as a third party, has a special interest in its outcome; sometimes called "friends of the court" |
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Exculpating Factor |
A factor that clears a defendant of blame |
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Precedent |
A legal decision that is taken as a guide for subsequent cases |
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Civil Disobedience |
A peaceful form of protest by which a person refuses to obey a particular law on a matter of conscinece |
