CRIM 135 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Lower Canada, Responsible Government, Civil Marriage Act
23 Nov 2016
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Topic #3 the canadian constitution (part 1: introduction, the purpose of a constitution. Set out structures or branches of government (executive, legislative, ______) Define the powers of branches of government. To provide a process for changing or amending the constitution: the colonial origins of canada"s constitution. Were british colonies at the time (not even canada) Our first constitution document was nothing but british statute. Colonial laws validity of 1865 - applied to all colonies. Could pass colonial laws about local issues if it didn"t counterdict. British na act 1867 british statute applied to canada . Unified the remaining british na colonies, and establishes structures/branches of government. Statute called statute of westminister british statute- didn"t apply to all british colonies. Tiers of colonies, weren"t equal to british. British parliament was no longer making laws for dominion. 1931 acknowledges those independent countries said cant pass laws for them anymore statute of westminister.
