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What is Identity Theft
Using someone's information to steal from them.
Hammurabi code
The first ever written legal code in human history.
What is precedent
A legal​ ​decision that​ ​sets​ ​the​ ​standard​ ​for similar​ ​cases​ ​in​ ​the​ ​future.
Homicide
Directly or indirectly causing the death of another human being

What is INTERPOL.
The International Police organization responsible for brining large scale crimes to justice.
The Mosaic Laws
In this law, it is written "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"
What is Grand Theft
Theft over $5000.
What is the Magna Carta
A document sealed by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215 which laid out the rights between the citizen and the state.
What is the Magna Carta
It was a document signed by "good" King John of England that modernized the rights of citizens by Royal decree.  
Non-culpable homicide
Killing for which someone is not held accountable legally responsible.


Double Jeopardy
A person cannot be tried for the same crime, twice.
The Torah
Another name for the Mosaic Laws
What is armed robbery
Using a weapon while committing a robbery.
What is a jury.
group of citizens who try an accused charged with a criminal offence.
What is the Adversarial system.
A .legal system​ ​based​ ​on​ ​two opposing​ ​sides​ ​arguing​ ​their  cases​ ​in​ ​front​ ​of​ ​an​ ​impartial judge
Provocation
Words or actions that might provoke a person to lose control and act impulsively.
What is the Supreme Court of Canada
It is the highest court in Canada.
Retributive Justice System
A legal system which holds people accountable by punishing the behaviors
What is Trafficking
Transporting a large amount of illegal drugs for the purpose of sale.
What is the twelve tables
One of first legal codes in Roman law.
What is the Napoleonic Code
It was the French​ ​civil​ ​code​ ​enacted​ ​ ​in 1804
manslaughter
Defined as any culpable homicide that is not classified as murder or infanticide
What are war crime
Crimes that go against the rules of engagement in war - ie. destroying places of worship, bombing schools, hospitals and engaging in the killing of non combatants in war.
Restorative justice
justice seeks to repair the harm caused by crime
What is money laundering
Taking "dirty" money and investing it in legitimate ways like buying real estate.
What is Justinian's Code.
A compilation of Roman law commissioned by Emperor Justinian I.
What is the Great Binding Law
​The recording​ ​of​ ​aboriginal​ ​oral laws​ ​of​ ​the​ ​Iroquois Confederacy of the 15th Century.
What is Perpetrator
A person who commits a criminal offence
UN Declaration of Human Rights
  The International agreement that protects individual rights and freedoms at a basic level.
The Great Binding Law
the recording of aboriginal oral laws of the Iroquois Confederacy
Habeus Corpus
the right of the accused to be brought quickly before a judge

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