DCC 2117 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Parliamentary Sovereignty
19 Oct 2017
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Our cad constitution is similar to that of the uk. Magna carta liberatum - the great charter; it was typically renewed by each monarch but as time went by, this charter lost some of its signi cance. Parliamentary supremacy - 1st principle and most important part of the uk const. makes the parliament the supreme law/legal authority which can create/cancel any law. 1867 - process by which the british colonies of cad, n-s and n-b were united in 1 dominion on july 1 1867. Upon conf. , the old province of cad was divided into on and qc. Act 1867 - law passed by the british parliament creating the dominion of cad at confederation, on march 29 1867. It provided the union of 3 colonies, on & qc, The parliament was inspired by that of the uk. Act 1982 - outlines distribution of powers between the central parliament and the provincial legislatures.
