Canadian Law (CLU 3MI)
EXAM REVIEW
Date: Tuesday June 24, 2014
Time: 8:30am – 10:00 am
Room: 122
Textbook Return: Room 239 @ 7:40-8:10 am day of Exam
EXAM FORMAT
Multiple Choice
True and False
Case Studies
Essay ____ _________
Total
50
20
20
10_
100
BE SURE TO BRING A
PENCIL FOR SCANTRON
LEGAL TERMS
Absolute Discharge p.298
Abetting p. 131
Act p.29
Citation p.16-17
Compensation p.302
Contributory Negligence
Actus Reus p.124
Counterclaim p.366
Mandatory Supervision
Adversarial System p.181
Damages p.372-377
Aiding p.131
Defamation p.422-425
Mens Rea p.124
Mental and physical cruelty
Allurement p.406-407
Alternative Dispute
Resolution p.32, 380-383
Arbitration p.32, 380-383
Arrest p.146-148
Assault p.223-225
Defendant p.362
Motive p.128
Statute of limitations p.122
Deliberation jury selection
NCR p.267-268
Statutes p.20-21
Determination evidence
Division of Assets family law
Duty of Care p.391-392
Strict liability p.
Subpoena p.197
Summary Offence p.121-122
Automatism p.265-268
Empanelling p.187
Negligence p.391-398
Nuisance p. 417-418
Occupier’s Liability p.406-407
Onus arrest, search, seizure
Bail p.164-166
Balance of Probabilities
Euthanasia p.222-223
Pecuniary p.372
Trespass p.413-422
Forensic Science p.169-170
Plantiff p.11, 362
Trial by Ordeal british influence
Battery p.413
Breach small claims court
Forseeability p.393
Freedom p.
Burden of Proof p.38,364
Garnishment p.379-380
Pleadings p.
Prescription intentional torts
Proximate cause unintentional
Unintentional Tort package
Vicarious Liability p.405
Voluntary assumption of
risk p.400
Hybrid Offence p.121
Purposes of sentencing
Indictable Offence p.121-123
Informed Consent p.411-412
Intent p.331
Quasi-criminal intro to law
Reasonable person p.392
Recidivism p.295
p.398-399
p.362-363
Case law p.15-17
Causation p.393-395
Chattel charter package
Intentional Tort p.390
Libel p.423
Recognizance p.165
Remoteness p.
Litigants p.362
Restitution p.14, 302
Retribution p.14
sentencing
defences
procedures p.165
torts
sentencing note
Slander p.422
Standard of Care p.392
Tort p.11
Writ of Habeus Corpus p.19
Note: This is not a complete list -- make sure you use your notebook to fill in the others.
TOPICS

The Chartero Section 7 ___Right to life, liberty, security of the person_(euthanasia- Sue Rodrigues, abortion)
o

Section 15 __Equality rights - OHRC
Criminal Law process
o Euthanasia __Voluntary vs. Involuntary, Active vs. Passive (Voluntary, active is legal in Canada
o
Defences Alibi Self-Defence, Battered Woman Syndrome, Intoxication – more for sentencing,
Automatism (non-insane), Entrapment, Mistake of Fact, Double Jeopardy, Provocation – more for
sentencing, Necessity, Duress, Mental Disorder – Not Criminally Responsible
o
Sentencing Absolute discharge- Purpose of sentencing: Rehabilitation, restitution, deterrence,
retribution

Tort Law
o Types of damages __Specific, Punitive, General, Nominal__________
o
Elements of negligence

Plaintiff has suffered actual damages

Causation

Lack of Reasonable Duty of Care

Foreseeability
o
Forms of defamation- __Slander & libel
o
Defences for defamation Truth, Absolute Privilege, Qualified Privilege, Fair Comment
o
Defences for negligence Voluntary Assumption of Risk, Act of God, Contributory Negligence,
Participation in Illegal Activities
TRUE OR FALSE
_T _
Trespass, libel and slander are intentional torts
_T_
An action that is a tort might also be a crime
_ F__
It is possible for people to consent to intentional torts being committed against them
_ F __
The standard in a negligence case is measured by perfect conduct reason person
_ T __
A plaintiff can be partially at fault in a civil suit
__ T __
An employer can be responsible for damages received by an employee based on the principle of
vicarious liability Driving company vehicle
_ T __
Nuisance is the interference of the use and enjoyment of land
_ T __
Defamation of character can only apply if the statement is written
or spoken
_T_
A landmark case for manufacturer’s liability is: Donahue v. Stevenson (1932) Standard of Care
_ F __
A trespasser is anyone who enters another person’s property onto land without consent
_T_
A law is a legal agreement which society believes in
_ T __
Laws developed by Parliament are called statutes
_ F __
An example of public law is tort law
_ F __
Section 7 of the Charter deals with equality rights
_ F __
The guilty mind or intent is actus reus mens rea
_T_
An attraction for children is called an allurement – confusing to students (thought pedifile)
_ F __
An offence that can be either an indictable or summary is a purebred
_T_
A method of collection for a civil judgment is to garnish the wages
_ T __
Foreseeability, causation and duty of care are terms associated with negligence
_ F __
Youth in Asia = mercy killing Euthanasia
_T_
Provocation is not a defence
_ F __
Automatism, Sleep walking, mental disorders, drunkenness are all N.C.R. defences
__ T _
Subpoena = summons
_ F __
To ‘pay back’ = retribution Restitution
__ T _
Concurrent means serving two sentences at the same time
FILL IN THE BLANKS
__Empanelling__
The process of jury selection
__Special____
Damages that involve money
_Occupier’s Liability__ The act that outlines property liability
__Recognizance____
A ‘promise to appear’
___Negligence_____
Breach of duty of care is:
___Adversarial_____
The justice system used in Canada
__Reasonable Limits_ Section 1 of the Charter - ____________ _____________ Clause
__Statutes
___
Laws created by parliament
__Case
____
Laws created by court
__Common
_____ Laws defined by history and tradition
Voluntary Assumption The defence for negligence where the plaintiff knew the risk but took the
of Risk____
__Recidivism
chance anyways
__
___Assembly___
Returning back -- as returning back to crime or prison
Not religion, expression, or association but ______________________