LAWS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: English Law, Pass Laws, Quebec Act
26 Nov 2015
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Constitution: fundamental law of a political system, all other laws must conform to constitution; gives legitimacy to the exercise of state power: Outlines both the basis of political rep, amendment formula, and methods by which. Comprises of the constitutional laws (written documents) and unwritten conventions (which representatives are chosen are not legally binding) The constitution deals with two sets of relations: Between the citizen and the state (empowers the state to pass laws in the name of the. Distribution of functions and powers between different parts of the states (in a federal citizens/limits the state to infringe of basics civic rights) system as canada, based on territoriality) British conquest, the royal proclamation (1763), and the settlement of. A system of courts and legislature modeled on english institutions. Each north american british legislature could pass law on their own jurisdiction, but power was limited (despite the gains of the quebec act, 1774):
