DAY 31 - Human Rights in Canada Wrap Up and Review for First Test

First you presented your Human Rights in Canada work.

Then we started test review as follows:

CLU3M    Intro to Law Test Review, the test will be on TUESDAY (changed from our initial date of Monday).

This test will encompass everything we have covered in the course so far.  No detailed information about the section on the history of law will be required on the test as this is being dealt with in your projects.  For study purposes in this or any other course, the most effective course of action is to review your class notes and textbook headings each day.  For final preparation for this test you should review the following topics in detail (Chapters 1-3):

1.  What is law?

2.  Why do we have laws?

3.  Explain the difference between rules and laws.

4.  Explain three main functions of what laws do for us.

5.  What is the “Rule of Law” and how does it function within society?  How does the rule of law ensure a just and fair system of law in Canada?

6.  Briefly, how are laws created in Canada (stages that a bill goes through).

7.  Using an example for each, explain the philosophies: positivism, realism, natural law.

8.  Hobbes said that without government, “Life would be cold, nasty, brutish, and short.”  Explain. 

9.  State whether or not you agree with this statement: People are basically bad so they need laws and punishments to control them.

10.      The American Declaration of Independence (1776) states that all men [people] “are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights . . . these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”  Why was such a statement so revolutionary?

11.      In simplest terms, what is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?  What does it guarantee? (Main areas that it covers).

12.      Why is the Charter significant to Canada?

13.      What limitation on our rights and freedoms is stated in the Charter (Sec.1)?

14.      The Charter holds these fundamental freedoms:

·                    Conscience and religion

·                    Thought

·                    Belief

·                    Opinion

·                    Expression

·                    Peaceful assembly

·                    Association

15.      The Charter holds these fundamental rights:

·                    Democratic (governing voting and elections)

·                    Mobility (movement within and outside of Canada)

·                    Legal rights

·                    Equality rights

·                    Etc.

16.      Using information from the Charter, argue in favour or argue against this statement: Teenagers are victims of prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination.  Their rights should be expanded to include cheaper car insurance rates and the right to vote and buy alcohol and cigarettes at age 16.

17.      Which groups of Canadians have experienced discrimination?

18.      What forms of discrimination still exist in Canada?  What is being done to eliminate them?

Please look at the following from the textbook:  The Review Sections at the end of each of Chapters 1, 2, 3 – you should be familiar with the issues, vocabulary and concepts dealt with there.

Be familiar with the Susan Rodriguez Case (in 1993, which upheld the Criminal Code section against assisting someone to commit suicide) and the current debate and Supreme Court Case on the same issue (case was heard on October 15, 2014 – see online CBC News for good coverage of it).  What in society has changed to reopen the debate on how Section 7 and 15 of the Charter should be interpreted when it comes to assisted suicide?