TRENT FRSC 1100 FINAL EXAM:
INTRODUCTION TO CANADIAN JUSTICE
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Section 91 of the Constitution - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Federal Powers
Law - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔rules that society creates
Statute - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔laws made by one of the 3 levels of the
government
Legal Presumptions - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔found in statutes
Ultra vires - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔beyond the powers
2 ways to make laws - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Legislation (written laws) and Case
Decisions (by a judge)
What does the amending formula do? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Changes the
constitution
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PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, What is needed to change the constitution? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔2/3 of
provinces (7/10) and the 7 must contain 50% of CAN population
Common Law - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a system of law based on precedent and
customs
Actus Reus - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Criminal act
Mens Rea - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Criminal intent
Ratio - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔legal reasoning
False - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔You need evidence at a Supreme Court trial
False - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Star Decisis is binding to all lower courts, true or
false?
Star Decisis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the practice of using earlier judicial rulings as
a basis for deciding cases
Are appeal courts binding to one another? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔No they are not
True - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Judges are not easily removed from positions
A jury sentences a criminal, T or F? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔False, a Judge
convicts a criminal
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PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
INTRODUCTION TO CANADIAN JUSTICE
2025/2026 Exam Questions and Answers
| 100% Solved
Section 91 of the Constitution - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Federal Powers
Law - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔rules that society creates
Statute - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔laws made by one of the 3 levels of the
government
Legal Presumptions - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔found in statutes
Ultra vires - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔beyond the powers
2 ways to make laws - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Legislation (written laws) and Case
Decisions (by a judge)
What does the amending formula do? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Changes the
constitution
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
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PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, What is needed to change the constitution? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔2/3 of
provinces (7/10) and the 7 must contain 50% of CAN population
Common Law - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a system of law based on precedent and
customs
Actus Reus - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Criminal act
Mens Rea - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Criminal intent
Ratio - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔legal reasoning
False - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔You need evidence at a Supreme Court trial
False - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Star Decisis is binding to all lower courts, true or
false?
Star Decisis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the practice of using earlier judicial rulings as
a basis for deciding cases
Are appeal courts binding to one another? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔No they are not
True - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Judges are not easily removed from positions
A jury sentences a criminal, T or F? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔False, a Judge
convicts a criminal
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PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
