Law 2101 Lecture 5: Lecture 5

• School: Western University
• Department: Law
• Course: Law 2101
• Professor: Mysty Sybil Clapton

Document Summary

Lecture 5 the canadian constitution and federalism i. Created in charlottetown, quebec city, and london england between 1864-67 when the fathers of confederation met when the delegates from upper and lower canada joined in the. Charlottetown meeting with the maritime colonies who were looking to make a federation. Main document of canadian constitution was a statute of british parliament until 1982 needed. British provisions to pass an amendment to the statute. Formal amending processes in constitution act, 1982 b. ii. Co-operative federalism provinces and federal government get together and decide on enacting a national program with agreement (notwithstanding strict division of powers in constitution) b. iii. Judicial interpretation courts can read their interpretations of certain phrases in the constitution: diversity in unity & unity in diversity. Canada (1867) in between: started as a centralized government, due to size of country and legislation required we became more decentralized.