MCS 3040 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Constitution Act, 1982, Clean Hands, Equal Protection Clause

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Marketing and Consumer Studies
• Course: MCS 3040
• Professor: Joseph Radocchia

Document Summary

The machinery that comprises and governs the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government. Legislative branch: the brank of government that creates statute law. Statute law: formal, written laws created or enacted by the legislative branch of government. Jurisdiction: the power that a given level of government has to enact laws. The canadian constitution: contained in several different documents, all canadian laws must comply with the canadian constitution. Is difficult to change a special amending formula must be met. Important rules that are not enforceable by a court of law but that practically determine how a given power is exercised by government. Example: the office of prime minister does not formally exist in our constitutional documents. Constitution act, 1867: formerly the bna act, sets up our courts, contains the division of powers exclusive federal jurisdiction (s. 91) such as, currency, national defence, criminal law, banking, postal service.