Canada+Legal+System

Statue - law established by a legislative body, no smoking on school grounds.

Public Law- Bod of law governing relations between state and its citizens, and dealing with the structure and operation of the government. It covers asdminstrative law, constitutional law, (criminal Law.)

Private Law- body of law governing private persons, their properties and relations, which do not directly concern the state. Child cusditiy.

Civil Law- One of the two major legal systems of the modern Western world the other is common law. Derived from Roman law, it is followed in the countries of continental Europe, their former colonies, Isle of Man, Latin America, Scotland, state of Louisiana in the US federation, and in Canada's Quebec province. In this system, a highly structured and rigid code of rules is observed to the letter, and an expert judge decides cases without the help of jury and without any reference to precedent. Under this system, every defendant who enters a criminal trial is presumed guilty until proven innocent, whereas under common law practiced in most English-speaking countries he or she is presumed innocent until proven guilty.(jury case)

criminal law- is the body of law that regulates governmental approve as retaliation for crimes against the social order. The goal of this process is that of achieving criminal justice.(murder, adultrey)

Substantive Law- A substantive law is the legislation which defines the principles, objectives, circumstances, limitations etc governing the society and the rights of the individual( racism)

Procedural Law- A procedural system provides the rules for applying substantive law to real disputes. A procedural system provides guidelines as to what information is received by the judge or jury, how that information is to be presented, and what by standards of proof. (being sued)

**__Statute Law __**- Written law set down by a legislature. Ex**. Governments make our laws like the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. ** **__Public Law __**- Is law governing the relationship between individuals. **Ex. A jury. ** Administrative law and criminal law are sub-divisions of public law. **__Private Law __**- Is the law of property and trust. Usually has to do more with families **Ex. Divorce ** **__Civil Law __**- Laws that are written, codified in a collection of laws. **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Ex Sueing people ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**__<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Criminal Law __**- Rules for criminals and the criminals have to obey them. **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Ex. Court, Murder cases, Assault ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**__<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Substantive Law- __** Is written law that has everyone’s rights and laws with their country **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Ex. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**__<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Procedural Law- __** Are laws that a court or jury determines what will happen. **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Ex. Being searched without a warrant **

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">I have a personal expeirence where the Rcmp Officer was giving myself a open liqour ticket which would be the price of 360 dollars. While looking at the ticket with my sisters boyfriend who is also an Rcmp officer who pointed out that the officer that issued the ticket wrote down the wrong time of date so i told him where i was at the time he wrote down and did not have to pay the 360 dollar ticket.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">**//__you need to provide examples of the different types of laws before I can mark this, good use of a personal example for your case study.__//**