LAWS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Constitutionalism, Unemployment Benefits, Adoptionism
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Laws100d week 4, sept 30th chapter 4, intro to legal studies. Compromised largely of the constitution act, 1879. Also known as the bna (british north america act) Need to understand the history to understand it. The british crown had a large influence. Many canadians began to feel deep commitments to equalitarianism. Precedential force of british force and legal traditions was huge and still is in cnd. Is composed of two documents: the constitution act o 1867 and the constitution act of. 1982 act = completes the process of severing cnd from the british crown (effective legal independence) Quebec has never formerly approved/adopted the 1982 constitutional act (causes many problems, ministers have tried to fix this but hasn"t work yet quebec still has a lot of control over its own private law) 2 important ones through the provinces are health and education. 2 primary instruments (not one singular text, various constitutional acts):
