CanadaRights 5 · Rights and responsibilities
What does habeas corpus protect?
- aThe right to challenge being held unlawfully by the stateCorrect answer
- bThe right to own land
- cThe right to vote by secret ballot
- dThe right to a trial in either official language
Why?
Habeas corpus lets a person who is detained ask a court to decide if the detention is lawful. It protects people from being locked up without a legal reason.
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Where does the right of habeas corpus come from?Correct answer:English common law
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The Charter begins by saying that Canada is founded on principles that recognize which two things?Correct answer:The supremacy of God and the rule of law
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Which of these is one of the fundamental freedoms protected in Canada?Correct answer:Freedom of peaceful assembly
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