LAWS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Parliamentary Sovereignty, Peter Hogg, Cooperative Federalism
9 Feb 2018
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Charter is an idea of what we aspire to be. Legal documents as constitution, yet we seem to already be constituted to the laws. Idea of a constitution; represent a community with is enacting already. Douglas says it"s the sa(cid:373)e process (cid:449)ith i(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374)s (cid:449)ho (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to represe(cid:374)t the community. Pros of constitution; engaging with other people as a space to do so. Serves a function of making individuals, as museums do. Some practices make the constitution; what we do is what constructs the country. Vision of previous history, not similar to today. Canada as a legal entity; entrenched, difficult to change. Co(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374) si(cid:373)ilar to u(cid:374)ited ki(cid:374)gdo(cid:373)"s: parliamentary supremacy we elect parliaments not parties, idea of the rule of law. No one is above the law: security of tenure, separation of power judges can not be part of govts, a body must have legal legit to enact laws.
