BLAW2205 Business Law: Kim’s class

Terminology Exercise – KEY

law, CanLII, legislative branch, politico expelliarmus, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, public
law, Alberta’s court hierarchy, Constitution Act, 1867, private law, ultra vires, Justin Trudeau, civil law
legal system, common law legal system, Rachel Green, executive branch, no witticisms clause,
subordinate legislation, notwithstanding clause, parliamentary supremacy, the Court of Chancery,
stare decisis, judicial branch, Law Society of Alberta, Jason Kenney, Canadian Bill of Rights, intra vires,
reasonable limits, Justin Timberlake, Supreme Court of Canada, Constitution Act, 1982, legislation.

Definition Term
The Provincial Court of Alberta, the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta, the Court of Appeal 1. Alberta’s court
of Alberta and the Supreme Court of Canada hierarchy

The highest ranked court in Canada’s judicial system 2. Supreme Court of

Canada
A legal system based on the principle of stare decisis 3. Common law legal
system
The law that governs the personal, social and business relationships that individuals have 4. private law
with one another (hint: a category of law relevant to Canada’s legal systems)

Legislation created by the executive, rather than the legislative, branch of government 5. subordinate
(e.g. a regulation such as the Alberta Business Corporations Regulation) legislation

The branch of government responsible for creating statutes 6. legislative branch

The body of rules that can be enforced by the courts or other government agencies (e.g. 7. law
“ABCs”.

The written rules that the Parliament of Canada and the legislative assemblies of the 8. legislation
provinces and the territories enact (i.e. pass)

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms forms part of this constitutional document 9. Constitution Act,
1982
The law which determines how our country is governed (i.e. constitutional law) and the 10. public law
law that affects an individual’s relationship with government (e.g. criminal law) (hint: a
category of law relevant to Canada’s legal systems)

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The branch of government responsible for administering and carrying out the purposes of 11. executive branch
legislation, e.g. through subordinate legislation

The principle which holds that the Parliament of Canada, and the legislative assemblies of 12. parliamentary
the provinces and the territories, are the primary law-making bodies in Canada and that supremacy
the statutes they create take priority over judge-made law (i.e. the common law and the
law of equity)

The branch of government responsible for interpreting and applying legislation, 13. judicial branch
subordinate legislation, the common law and the law of equity and for creating new judge-
made law

A Latin phrase which means “to follow precedent”. Lower courts in common law legal 14. stare decisis
systems must follow the decisions (i.e. precedents) that higher courts have made (if in
same court hierarchy and facts similar)

A legal system based on a central code (i.e. a civil code) which contains a list of broad 15. civil law legal
principles of law that judges are required to interpret and apply to the cases that come system
before them

This is what a court will declare a piece of legislation to be if it goes beyond the powers 16. ultra vires
given to the government which passed it

The division of law making powers between federal and provincial governments can be 17. Constitution Act,
found in this constitutional document 1867

Certain rights and freedoms guaranteed under the Canadian Charter of Rights and 18. notwithstanding
Freedoms may be overridden by the government through the use of this clause clause

The document, which forms part of Canada’s constitution, that offers protection to certain 19. Canadian Charter of
rights and freedoms as against government intrusion or interference Rights and
Freedoms
Canada’s Prime Minister – a member of the executive branch of government federally 20. Justin Trudeau

Alberta’s Premier – a member of the executive branch of government provincially 21. Jason Kenney

A legal link where one can find access, among other things, to government made and judge 22. CanLII
made law, both at the federal and provincial level.

TOTAL MARKS = 22