POL214Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Clarity Act, No. 5 Group Raf, Living Tree Doctrine
21 Nov 2017
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Rights: constitution establishes a political community (pierre trudeau, the constitution act (1867), embodied a national purpose, ca(cid:374)ada(cid:859)s (cid:272)o(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374, the charter of rights and freedoms. Parliament embodies the popular will, unpopular laws can always be defeated by changing the government at the next election. Judicial independence means that judges are to be free from any and all interference in their decision-making: the principle of separation of powers guarantees the special role of the judiciary. This role is to interpret what the law and the constitution mean when disputes arise. The living tree doctrine : a framework or set of rules in canadian law used to interpret the canadian constitution. It states that the constitution is organic and adapts as times change, so it must be read in a progressive way. O(cid:396)igi(cid:374)alis(cid:373): the (cid:448)ie(cid:449) that the p(cid:396)i(cid:373)a(cid:396)(cid:455) i(cid:374)te(cid:374)t of the autho(cid:396)s a(cid:374)d the o(cid:396)igi(cid:374)al sig(cid:374)ifi(cid:272)a(cid:374)t . Entrenched in the canadian constitution starting with the edwards v. canada case ( persons case) in.
