Law 2101 Chapter 2: Law 2101 - Chapter 2
22 Dec 2018
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Constitutionalism: the idea that the powers of government ought to be limited by law. Whenever a provincial government passes a law that is in the federal jurisdiction, the. Limited government opposed to totalitarianism law is invalid, and vice versa. Any law that infringes upon the charter is invalid. Appellant proprietor of restraint in montreal, also a jehovah"s witness. Provided bail for hundreds of cases where jehovah"s witnesses were arrested for distributing religious tract. Respondent ordered that the appellant"s liquor license be revoked, causing appellant to suffer lost profits and goodwill (for which he sued) Why punish a licensee for having done what he had an absolute right to do in a matter irrelevant to the alcoholic liquor act. In appeal, it was decided that the jehovah"s witness not be punished. Constitutional law: concerned with the rules governing the use of government power.
