Canadian Legal System
Across
- 3. law that involves conflicts with the government
- 7. jurisdiction of a subject matter belongs to more than one level of government
- 9. the process by which a bill becomes a law
- 11. branch of the government that sets policy
- 14. doctrine that states that when there is a conflict between federal and provincial laws, the federal law will prevail
- 15. branch of government that creates law
- 17. the level of government that receives its law making power from s. 92 of the government
- 18. jurisdiction of a subject matter belongs only to one level of government
Down
- 1. law kind of law that sets out one's rights, duties and obligations
- 2. a latin term that denotes when a subject matter is outside the jurisdiction of a particular level of government
- 4. a latin term that denotes when a subject matter is within the jurisdiction of a particular level of government
- 5. judge-made law which relies on the system of precedent
- 6. branch of the government that includes the court system
- 8. similar cases will be decided in similar ways
- 10. the level of government that receives its law making power from s. 91 of the Constitution
- 12. supreme law of Canada
- 13. kind of law that sets out procedure for enforcement of laws
- 16. law that involves conflicts between individual citizens, also known as private law