LAW 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Tobacco Advertising, Judicial Independence, Ultra Vires
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Regulates relationships between the branches of government. And constrains the way in which government interacts with individuals. Additional entrenched statutes, orders in council, etc. Principles: principle of rule of law, principles of judicial independence federalism. Important but often very hard to find: we do(cid:374)"t (cid:396)eally use these as (cid:373)u(cid:272)h (cid:449)e (cid:373)o(cid:396)e so use the (cid:272)ou(cid:396)ts, these cannot be enforced by the courts however, the court will reiterate the convention. The executive branch: carries out the constitution and the role of implementing the laws. The government has a role that allows them to make things illegal such as marijuana. However, there can be provisions such like marijuana can be used for medical purposes. Both people in political and judicial levels of power are still subject to the law as well. The issue that the laws are not being enforced creates and issue with the rule of law.
