Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms, Political Philosophy, Public Health

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B
• Professor: Philip King

Document Summary

The canadian legal system is the machinery that comprises and regulates government. Government, in turn, is divided into three branches: legislative branch creates law in the form of statutes and regulations. Executive branch formulates and implements government policy and law judicial branch adjudicates on disputes. Government policy the central ideas or principles that guide government in its work, including the kind of laws it passes. Constitutional law the supreme law of canada that constrains and controls how the branches of government exercise power: upholds the values of a nation . Liberalism a political philosophy that emphasizes individual freedom as its key organizing value. Canadian legal system the machinery that comprises and governs the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government. It"s not contained in one document, rather, it is located in a variety of places (both legislative and political, written and unwritten). The written elements of the constitution include the constitution act (1867- divides power between federal and prov.