Law 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Judicial Independence, Manitoba Act
19 Apr 2018
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Manitoba language reference: into confederation (its admission into canada) obligated to pass all of its laws for every law that it made it had to be promulgated in both english and french. Then it just got disregarded (stopped doing it 1872-1982) acting in defiance of its own provincial constitution. Manitoba act of 1870 (the constitution of man) statue that was created at ease manitoba. Brought to supreme court of canada and question was what"s the status of all of this law that. Constitutions provide for orderly changes of government (about to have an election- there. It is part of constitution (supreme law of canada) and if we know that any law that is inconsistent with constitution is invalid therefore all of the laws enacted over the last 100 years in manitoba are void. Head of the branch is the governor general: asserting principles (can have a symbolic role).
