LAWS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Parliamentary Sovereignty, Reference Question, Insite
10 Aug 2016
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Law is a set of decisions and a way of understanding the constitution. Lays down the powers that government can and cannot do. Dealing with constitution normal rules don"t apply, the charter is entrenched . Lays down things on how canada will be governed legally. 2 principles: -parliamentary supremacy: parliament has complete power. Study this**** -rule of law: needs impartial administration of the law. This is accomplished by having a judiciary that is independent. Judge cannot sit as cabinet minister or senator. Jehovah"s witness were jailed for passing pamphlets because of lack of permit. Duplessis then takes away his liquor licence to close his restaurant. Roncarelli wins case and gets 35k in compensation but his restaurant closes 6 months later, so essentially duplessis completed what he wanted to do. King-byng affair: mackenzie king asks lord byng to dissolve parliament since he is the gg. Byng declines however king eventually gets his way.
