Canadian Law Unit 3 Assignment

You will research a landmark case in Canada that had some significance in Canadian Law.

My Landmark case is R v Sparrow

Part 1: Outline

Your first task is to complete the organizer below outlining the key details of the case. Make sure that you include ALL RESEARCH NOTES as well as the citations (where you got the information from) as this will be included in the assignment package.

Summary

In this section you will include the basic facts of the case.

1. Was this case a criminal case or a civil case? Include the case citation.

2. Who was involved?

3. Where did the case take place (include location such as a province)?

4. When did it take place? You can give a time frame.

5. What happened to cause the case to go to court?

Process

In this section, you will walk through the legal process including relevant laws and courts that were involved.

1. What laws were involved with this case?

Identify the specific law(s).

2. What courts were involved?

Identify what courts were involved, as well as a brief description of what happened at each court including what the final judgement was.

Concept of Legal Thinking

Using one of the four concepts of Legal Thinking explains why the case was important in

Canadian Law. This should be one paragraph and you should make clear and identifiable connections between the case and the concept.

Please answer all the questions separately

Please add references, for each question a reference

Thank you !