Philosophy 2080 : CONSTITUTIONAL CASES.docx
10 Dec 2013
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Week 1 intro constitution and peter hogg. Federalism rules that allocate governmental power between the central institutions (parliament) and the provincial institutions (provincial. Governor general never formalized in an amendment; responsibilities not laid out still appointed by the queen, but now on the advice of her. B. n. a act, 1867: no mention of prime minister or cabinet government. Left in the form of unwritten conventions, as in the u. k: no mention of governor general"s responsibilities, no general amending clause until 1982, s. 101. Gives authority to canada to establish their own supreme. However, it was assumed that appellate authority would continue to lie with the privy council of england, which it did until 1949: does not contain a bill of rights. Civil liberties were to be protected by legislative bodies and common law, as in the u. k. Canada act, 1982: u. k. gives up authority over canada, constitution act, 1982 (schedule b of canada act)
