POLSCI 3CL3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Provincial And Territorial Courts In Canada, Responsible Government, Parliamentary Sovereignty
16 Dec 2018
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September 6th, 2018 public and constitutional law. Informal (unwritten): constitutional conventions, judicial decisions: formal vs. Informal: formal (written): constitution set the boundaries and all the laws & acts passed, both are still equally as binding on the state whether informal or formal, e. g. Sexual orientation isn"t written in the constitution but the state is still bind by this: common law versus civil law (canada is both*, common law judicially developed law; certain judicial principles become bind on us. Provides degree of discretion; ability to out of thin come up principle of law that binds the state. Applies only in the province of quebec and only to non-criminal matters: domestic vs. international, domestic interested in how we as citizens hold the government accountable for how we are governed. International deals with power: judicial/quasi-judicial process, judicial the courts, quasi-judicial process administrative, boards, tribunals that govern our relationship to the state.
