Some more Civics terms (Ch. 3)
Across
- 2. Coming from Indigenous traditions, this is a meeting between an accused person and members of their community to discuss an appropriate sentence (10,6).
- 4. One definition is a superior court reviewing the decision of a lower court. Another is as a verb to apply to a higher court for a reversal of the decision of a lower court.
- 7. Laws enacted by elected officials are known as this (7,3).
- 10. The main law that protects human rights at the federal level ends in this word.
- 11. The highest form of law in Canada, which includes the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (14,3).
- 12. Another name for common law, which is based on the decisions made by judges (4,3).
- 13. A portion of money from individual corporate income that is collected by a government as a tax (6,3).
- 15. Any organization that does not seek a profit (3-6).
- 18. A business whose primary purpose is the common good (some are operated by the other two types of social organizations listed in the text) (6, 10).
Down
- 1. To restore to a state of good health or useful life. This is done through therapy and education during and after imprisonment, addiction, or illness.
- 3. The main law that protects human rights in Ontario ends in this word.
- 5. A person or a group of people taking part in legal proceedings.
- 6. A group of people who decide a court case, comprising ordinary members of the public.
- 7. The highest court of appeal in the country (7,5,2,6).
- 8. The list of things that can't be discriminated against under human rights legislations is often referred to as this (9,7).
- 9. The principle that no one is above the law and that everyone must follow the law (4,2,3).
- 14. Non-governmental organizations that provide a social a social or public service independent of the government are often knowns a these.
- 16. Not all of these are criminal; they are an examination of facts and legal issues related to a dispute between two parties. In a criminal one, one of the parties is the Crown.
- 17. Judges consider 1. keeping the public safe from home; 2. deterring others from committing the same offences; 3. rehabilitating the offender; and 4. punishing the offender when it considers this for a convicted criminal.