Law 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Constitution Act, 1982, Liberal Democracy, Fundamental Justice
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Tuesday oct 13th lecture (charter of rights & freedoms) What is the charter: statement of individual and collective rights and freedoms, part of the canadian constitution, added in 1982, charter of rights and freedoms is the first 34 sections of the constitution. Act, 1982: courts of ca(cid:374)ada has (cid:271)ee(cid:374) i(cid:374)terpreti(cid:374)g the (cid:272)harter i(cid:374) a (cid:858)(cid:373)ore ge(cid:374)erous(cid:859) fashio(cid:374) i(cid:374) (cid:373)ore recent years, e(cid:272)og(cid:374)izi(cid:374)g (cid:373)ore (cid:858)(cid:272)olle(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e(cid:859) rights. The 1982 constitutional revolution: patriated british north america act from the uk parliament, renamed it the constitution. Act, 1867: also decided that the uk could no longer adopt any measures to affect the. Canadian constitution: created formal constitutional amending formula for the first time. (ss. Section 52 (1) the constitution of canada 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.
