SOSC 2350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Constitution Act, 1982, Peter Hogg, Parliamentary Sovereignty
20 Mar 2016
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Constitutional law is the law prescribing the exercise of power by the organs of a state. It explains which organs can exercise legislative power, executive power, and what the limitations on those powers are . Constitutional law is entrenched legislation, meaning that it can only be changed by a specific amending, formula (only if there is agreement from the federal government and every provincial government). Also known, before 1982, as the british north american act or bna act. Unites the then-existing four provinces (ontario, quebec, nb and ns) of. British north america as the dominion of canada. Sets out the basic structure of canadian government. Divides powers between the federal and provincial levels of government (ss, Canada has a federal system of government: power is not centralized, distributed in an asymmetrical relationship. The constitution act, 1867 was an imperial (related to the monarchy) statute, and could only be changed by act of the u. k. parliament in.
