PAPM 2000 Chapter Notes - Chapter Article : Neoliberalism

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Public Affairs and Policy Management
• Course: PAPM 2000
• Professor: Vlasios Melessanakis

Document Summary

The impact of the charter: untangling the effects of intuitional change miriam smith. This article discusses the impact of the charter in three main areas: public policy, political institutions, political mobilization. In particular this article looks at lesbian and gay rights, as well as, criminal law. The effect of the charter on public policy. 2/3 of charter cases concern criminal law and the court has been most likely strike down state practices that violate the charter in the area of criminal law. Charter, people cannot be detained unreasonably, held without habeas corpus or denied the right to counsel. The charter has also shaped the criminal trial process. (limits on expression- hate speech) In terms of the discursive effects of the charter in the area of criminal law, the. Charter has moved the conversation in the direction of the rights of the accused.