1) Why is arbitration sometimes a more attractive means than the court system of settling contract disputes between business persons?

Provide an example in addition to your explanation.

2) There are many historical legal veins that have come to create the legal system we now know. With the exception of the original common law, which of the following you do believe is the most influential to our current Canadian legal system and why? No answer is incorrect as this is opinion based.

a. Pre-Norman law

b. Post-Norman law

c. Canon law

d. Merchant law (Law Merchant)

e. Equity law

f. Statute law

g. Aboriginal/Indigenous law

3)Constitutional cases, when they affect business, do so in a significant way. These cases are, by definition, fundamental. Often they arise from a new law prohibiting old practices as a result of social change - for example, tobacco advertising.

List one fundamental change (regardless of how recent) that has directly altered the way businesses operate.

4) "In a free and democratic society, the courts perform the important role of guardians of the rights and freedoms of the individual. While important, this is far from being the only part they play in society."

a. How do the courts perform this important role?

b. What other functions do they have in society?