Law 201 Quiz 2

To become a eligible to practice law in Ontario, a person must

Have graduated from a recognized law school, article or complete the LPP, and pass the Bar Admission Course

Have graduated from a recognized law school, and article with a lawyer in Ontario

have graduated from a recognized law school, article, and complete the LPP

None of the other answers

CanLii is an organization devoted to making Canadian law accessible on the internet

True.

False.

What charge can be brought against a person who agrees with others to commit a crime, even if the crime is never committed?

An unfulfilled crime

An attempted crime

Counselling a criminal act

Conspiracy to commit a criminal act

Which of the following is not a defence to a criminal charge in Canada?

Duress

Self defence

Provocation

Diminished capacity

The headnote of a case gives a summary of the facts, issues and decision in the case, and it is therefore not necessary to read the whole case

True.

False.

A pleading will contain

A concise statement of the facts and request of the court.

A concise statement of the facts and request of the court, and will have all necessary documents to prove the case attached.

A concise statement of the request of the court.

A detailed statement of the facts, including all relevant dates and time, as well as the names of all witnesses, what they will say, and how they can be contacted.

Which of the following is true of subjective mens rea?

The accused's personal characteristics are irrelevant to it unless they render the accused incapable of appreciating the relevant risks.

It concerns what a reasonable person in the circumstances would have known or done.

It concerns what was in the accused's mind.

It normally requires a "marked departure" from reasonableness.

The doctrine of recent complaint refers to

A rule that Crown prosecutors must treat a sexual assault as an indictable offence if it is brought within a certain period of time.

The idea that a real rape victim will file a complaint immediately after a rape has occurred

The limitation period for sexual assault

All of the other answers.

A new criminal offence can be created

Only by the federal Parliament

Only by a provincial legislature

By either the federal Parliament or a provincial legislature

By operation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Ontario lawyers are required to complete how many hours of Continuing Legal Education annually?

What is the role of criminal law?

All of the answers

To promote the public interest

To punish those who commit prohibited acts

To prohibit certain acts

The actus reus of a criminal offence can be

An omission or a failure to act

Neither an overt act, nor an omission or failure to act

An overt act, such as the taking of another persons property

Either an overt act, or failure to act

The term Ejusdem generis translates roughly as

All of the items in a list of words in a statute must be part of a group

One thing is not like the other things

Birds of a feather flock together

All of the words in a statute should be interpreted by looking at their historical meanings

In her talk to Stetson Law a few years ago, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Beverly McLachlin said that becoming a lawyer

None of the other answers

Is a licence to print money

Requires an ethic of service from lawyers

Requires lawyers to give up the prospect of making money in favour of the needs of their clients

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