1. INTRODUCTION TO LAW TERMS

2. Types of Law Concepts History Law Types of Law #2 Misc. Terms 100 200 300 400 500 600

3. LAW OR ACT PASSED BY PARLIAMENT (VOTED AND AGREED UPON) Statute Law

4. CREATED BY MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS DEALING WITH LOCAL RULES. (NON-CRIMINAL IN NATURE) Bylaws

5. BODY OF LAW SET IN THE CONSTITUTION THAT DEALS WITH THE DISTRIBUTION AND EXERCISE OF THE POWERS FOR THE FEDERAL AND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS. Constitutional Law

6. LAW THAT DEFINES THE RIGHTS, DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF CITIZENS AND GOVERNMENT Substantive Law

7. LAW THAT PRESCRIBES THE METHODS OF ENFORCING THE RIGHTS & OBLIGATIONS OF SUBSTANTIVE LAW. Procedural Law

8. PUNISHING AN OFFENDER FOR REVENGE OR TO SATISFY THE PUBLIC THAT THE OFFENDER HAS PAID FOR THE CRIME (EYE FOR AN EYE) Retribution

9. PUNISHMENT THAT REQUIRES THE OFFENDER TO COMPENSATE THE VICTIM OR SOCIETY FOR THE HARM OR LOSS CAUSED BY THE CRIME. Restitution

10. LAWS APPLY EQUALLY TO EVERYONE; PEOPLE ARE NOT GOVERNED BY ARBITRARY POWER. Rule of Law

11. APPLYING A PREVIOUS DECISION TO A CASE THAT HAS SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES Rule of Precedent

12. MEANS A PERSON HAS TO KNOW WHY THEY ARE ARRESTED AND BROUGHT BEFORE THE COURT IN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. Habeas Corpus

13. TOOK ARBITRARY POWER FROM THE KING ESTABLISHING THE RULE OF LAW AND HABEAS CORPUS. NO ONE WAS ABOVE THE LAW Magna Carta:

14. LAW GIVEN TO MOSES AND SET OUT IN THE BIBLE. FOCUSING ON THE TEN COMMANDMENTS Mosaic Law

15. EARLIEST KNOWN SETS OF RECORDED LAW FOUND IN BABYLON Code of Hammurabi

16. REQUIRING A PERSON TO UNDERGO TORTURE TO DETERMINE GUILT OR INNOCENCE Trail by Ordeal

17. TRAVELING COURTS MEANT TO MAKE DECISIONS FAIRER BETWEEN DIFFERENT AREAS Assizes

18. LAWS OF THE IROQUOIS CONFEDERACY THAT OUTLINED RIGHTS, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. Great binding law

19. METHOD OF DECIDING CASES BASED ON RECORDED DECISIONS IN SIMILAR CASES Case Law

20. LAWS THAT WERE ESTABLISHED BASED ON RULINGS IN VARIOUS CASES Common Law

21. LAW THAT IDENTIFIES CRIMES AND PRESCRIBES PUNISHMENT Criminal law

22. LAW THAT HOLDS PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGE THAT THEY CAUSE ANOTHER PERSON Tort Law

23. ARRANGE AND RECORD LAWS SYSTEMATICALLY Codified

24. THE CLARIFICATION OR ORGANIZATION OF ROMAN LAW Justinian Code

25. CONCEPT THAT MONARCHS DERIVED THEIR POWER TO RULE FROM GOD AND WERE ACCOUNTABLE ONLY TO GOD Divine Right

26. THE POLITICAL OR LEGAL AUTHORITY TO PASS AND ENFORCE, OR PRESIDE OVER AND ISSUE Jurisdiction

27. THE CIVIL LAW IN FRANCE AND QUEBEC ALSO KNOWN AS THE FRENCH CIVIL CODE Napoleonic Code

28. AGREEMENT NOT TO PROSECUTE FOREIGN DIPLOMATS FOR CERTAIN CRIMES THEY COMMIT WHILE WORKING IN THE HOST NATION Diplomatic immunity