POL214Y1 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Parliament Of Canada, Senate Of Canada, Province Of Canada
20 Nov 2018
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The constitution: what is a constitution, constitutional evolution in law, the constitution as a "living tree", three constitutional pillars, uppercase "c" constitution versus lower case "c" constitution What is a constitution: a fundamental law, a foundational principle, was not made from problematic events. Is the supreme law of canada: any part of law that is inconsistent with the constitution will not be reinforced. In human minds: a piece of collective consciousness. It is understood internally, not external: when the constitution is read into, it can identify different components, formal documents, unwritten rules, decisions made by courts, operates within a geographical area, only in canada. However, a restaurant cannot only allow one specific gender or race in the restaurant as that will be discriminating against everyone else: all constitutions lay out who is in charge. In 1867, it was not mentioned that there was a prime minister.
