22.GRADE 11 LAW EXAM WITH REVIEWED ANSWER
History of Law
Code of Hammurabi? - correct answer - ruled Mesopotamia from 1792 - 1750 BCE
- "Hammurabi's code" believed to be first set of codified (written down) laws
- having written laws left no room for debate
- code contained 300 rulings on topics ranging from family to to commercial law to murder
- harsh penalties
- introduced "eye for an eye"
- 3 classes: slaves, land owners, mushkenum (free but landless)
- punishments were class biased
History of law
Mosaic law: 10 commandments? - correct answer - 1300 B.C Similar to Hammurabi; severe
punishments.
- set out in five books of old testament. (exodus)
- First courtrooms. Moses' interpreted the laws God gave him, and if there was a dispute the
two parties would argue their case in front of Moses
- DISTINGUISHED BETWEEN ACCIDENTAL AND INTENTIONAL
- FORM MODERN LAWS; "shall not kill" "shall not steal"
History of law
Greek law? - correct answer - believed function of law was to create a perfect society; quasi-
democratic
- FIRST JURY; 1000 men to decide guilty or innocent
,History of law
Roman Law? - correct answer - believed in training people in "the art of law"
- created a profession devoted to legal matters
- FIRST LAWYERS
- Emperor Justinian (527-564 C.E) codified 1000 years of Roman laws known as the Justinian
code
- Codified in a written book called Corpus Jury's Civilis
- all people equal under law
- "justice" comes from Justinian
- traces can be found today in Italy, Scotland, s. Africa, Quebec Laws.
History of Law
Napoleonic code? - correct answer - 1804 after french revolution. Laws became the Napoleonic
Code or French Civil Code
- The code was written in a non- technical style so everyone could understand it. FIRST
History of Law
English Common Law and Magna Carta (1215) - correct answer - much of English law isn't
written down, to this day
- feudal system = FIRST property laws
- King Henry II appointed TRAVELLING JUDGES throughout England who held trials called
ASSIZES. Regular trials were called circuit court. Common Law.
- Magna Carta was signed in 1215. This guaranteed freedom of the church, fair taxation,
controls over imprisonment and HABEAS CORPUS #39: no freeman shall be captured or
imprisoned except by lawful judgement."
- FIRST PRECEDENT: everyone was ruled the same.
, What is precedent? - correct answer Legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an
authoritative rule in future similar causes
The development of Canadian Law
British North America Act (BNA) - correct answer - July 1st, 1867. Canada as an independent
nation
- 1st Canadian constitution - *Passed by British Parliament
- GB had (only them) power to pass laws
The development of Canadian Law
Statue of Westminster - correct answer - Passed by GB in 1931 - allowed Canada to pass its own
laws
- Canada could not change its own constitution.
The development of Canadian Law
Constitutional Act, 1982 - correct answer - AMENDING FORMULA: (a) 7 provinces (b) at least
50% of population
- brought home April 17, 1982 - BNA --> constitutional, 1867
- Constitutional Act 1867 --> 1982: amending formula, charter
Functions and classifications of Law
5 functions of law - correct answer establish rules of conduct - to get your license, you need to
pass a written test and road test
History of Law
Code of Hammurabi? - correct answer - ruled Mesopotamia from 1792 - 1750 BCE
- "Hammurabi's code" believed to be first set of codified (written down) laws
- having written laws left no room for debate
- code contained 300 rulings on topics ranging from family to to commercial law to murder
- harsh penalties
- introduced "eye for an eye"
- 3 classes: slaves, land owners, mushkenum (free but landless)
- punishments were class biased
History of law
Mosaic law: 10 commandments? - correct answer - 1300 B.C Similar to Hammurabi; severe
punishments.
- set out in five books of old testament. (exodus)
- First courtrooms. Moses' interpreted the laws God gave him, and if there was a dispute the
two parties would argue their case in front of Moses
- DISTINGUISHED BETWEEN ACCIDENTAL AND INTENTIONAL
- FORM MODERN LAWS; "shall not kill" "shall not steal"
History of law
Greek law? - correct answer - believed function of law was to create a perfect society; quasi-
democratic
- FIRST JURY; 1000 men to decide guilty or innocent
,History of law
Roman Law? - correct answer - believed in training people in "the art of law"
- created a profession devoted to legal matters
- FIRST LAWYERS
- Emperor Justinian (527-564 C.E) codified 1000 years of Roman laws known as the Justinian
code
- Codified in a written book called Corpus Jury's Civilis
- all people equal under law
- "justice" comes from Justinian
- traces can be found today in Italy, Scotland, s. Africa, Quebec Laws.
History of Law
Napoleonic code? - correct answer - 1804 after french revolution. Laws became the Napoleonic
Code or French Civil Code
- The code was written in a non- technical style so everyone could understand it. FIRST
History of Law
English Common Law and Magna Carta (1215) - correct answer - much of English law isn't
written down, to this day
- feudal system = FIRST property laws
- King Henry II appointed TRAVELLING JUDGES throughout England who held trials called
ASSIZES. Regular trials were called circuit court. Common Law.
- Magna Carta was signed in 1215. This guaranteed freedom of the church, fair taxation,
controls over imprisonment and HABEAS CORPUS #39: no freeman shall be captured or
imprisoned except by lawful judgement."
- FIRST PRECEDENT: everyone was ruled the same.
, What is precedent? - correct answer Legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an
authoritative rule in future similar causes
The development of Canadian Law
British North America Act (BNA) - correct answer - July 1st, 1867. Canada as an independent
nation
- 1st Canadian constitution - *Passed by British Parliament
- GB had (only them) power to pass laws
The development of Canadian Law
Statue of Westminster - correct answer - Passed by GB in 1931 - allowed Canada to pass its own
laws
- Canada could not change its own constitution.
The development of Canadian Law
Constitutional Act, 1982 - correct answer - AMENDING FORMULA: (a) 7 provinces (b) at least
50% of population
- brought home April 17, 1982 - BNA --> constitutional, 1867
- Constitutional Act 1867 --> 1982: amending formula, charter
Functions and classifications of Law
5 functions of law - correct answer establish rules of conduct - to get your license, you need to
pass a written test and road test
