LAW 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4,5,8: Double Aspect, Fundamental Justice, Private Bill
LAW 201: Introduction to Canadian Law
Module 3 Notes
Term: Summer 2018
Primary Instructor: Mary-Jo Maur, Assistant Professor, Queen’s University
Course offered by:
Faculty of Law
Queen’s University
Compilation date: May 28, 2018
Notes compiled by:
Tom (Ke Jun) Sung
B.A.Sc. Candidate
Queen’s University
Source:
John Fairlie & Philip Sworden, Introduction to Law in Canada, Toronto: Emond Montgomery
Publications Limited, 2014.
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LAW 201: Module 3
Table of Contents
The Nature of Functions of Canada’s Constitution ..................................................................... 1
Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 2
Statutes ...................................................................................................................................... 2
Constitutionally Entrenched Statutes ................................................................................................. 3
Key Constitutional Statutes ........................................................................................................................... 3
Constitution Act, 1867 .............................................................................................................................. 3
Statute of Westminster, 1931 ................................................................................................................... 4
Canada Act 1982 ....................................................................................................................................... 4
Constitution Act, 1982 .............................................................................................................................. 4
Amendment Process ..................................................................................................................................... 5
Confederation and the Formation of a Federal Government ..................................................... 5
John A. Macdonald and the New Federal Government ...................................................................... 6
Parliamentary Sovereignty ........................................................................................................ 6
Federalism and Parliamentary Power ................................................................................................ 7
The Charter and Parliamentary Power ............................................................................................... 7
Constitutional Amendment and Parliamentary Power ....................................................................... 7
Federal Statutes ......................................................................................................................... 7
Federal Power .................................................................................................................................... 7
POGG Power ................................................................................................................................................. 8
Specific Areas of Federal Jurisdiction ............................................................................................................. 8
Overlapping Jurisdiction ................................................................................................................................ 8
How Parliament Makes Statutes ........................................................................................................ 8
Introducing a Bill ........................................................................................................................................... 9
Passage through Parliament .......................................................................................................................... 9
Public Sector Protection of Civil Liberties: The Charter............................................................... 9
An Overview of the Charter ................................................................................................................ 9
Section 1: Guarantee of Rights and Freedoms ................................................................................................ 9
Section 2: Fundamental Freedoms ............................................................................................................... 10
Sections 3-5: Democratic Rights ................................................................................................................... 10
Section 6: Mobility Rights ............................................................................................................................ 10
Section 7-14: Legal Rights ............................................................................................................................ 11
Section 15: Equality Rights ........................................................................................................................... 11
Section 16-23: Official Languages of Canada and Minority Language Educational Rights ............................... 11
Section 24: Enforcement ............................................................................................................................. 11
Section 25-31: General ................................................................................................................................ 11
Section 32 and 33: Application of the Charter .............................................................................................. 12
The Courts and the Charter ...................................................................................................... 12
Interpretation of the Charter ........................................................................................................... 12
LAW 201: Module 3
Determination of the Public Interest ................................................................................................ 13
The Extension of New Rights and Freedoms in the Future ....................................................... 13
Aboriginal Peoples and the Patriation Process ........................................................................ 13
Aboriginal and Treaty Rights in the New Constitution ............................................................. 14
Appendix: Key Terms ................................................................................................................ 15
Document Summary
Primary instructor: mary-jo maur, assistant professor, queen"s university. John fairlie & philip sworden, introduction to law in canada, toronto: emond montgomery. The material in this document is taken from the mentioned source and should be used for reference only. The document compiler cannot assure 100% accuracy as there may be errors present in this document. The mentioned source should be used if there is any doubt on information accuracy. In addition, without permission from the owners (direct or indirect), the material in this document cannot be reproduced. The nature of functions of canada"s constitution 1. Confederation and the formation of a federal government 5. John a. macdonald and the new federal government 6. Public sector protection of civil liberties: the charter 9. Section 1: guarantee of rights and freedoms 9. Section 16-23: official languages of canada and minority language educational rights 11. Section 32 and 33: application of the charter 12.
