LS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: New Economics Foundation, Ultra Vires, Unanimous Consent
24 Jan 2017
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Government that is responsible to the people. An executive or cabinet that is dependent upon the support of an elected assembly, rather than on the monarch. If vote of no confidence, prime minister would have to resign and the governor general would choose a new pm. Rights and freedoms: equality, education, language rights. Constitution is the supreme law of canada, and any law that is inconsistent with the provisions of the constitution is, to the extent of the inconsistency, of no force or effect - the supreme law. Constitution act includes 1867, 1982, and other acts and orders specifically stated. Conventions/customs (unwritten constitution) not enforced by courts not officially law, but if they do it would be really big deal. Law prescribing the exercise of power by the organs of a state. Constitutional law also establishes the allocation of power between central and regional authorities. Sources of constitutional law s. 52 ca 1982:
