HREQ 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Lower Canada, Autonomous Communities Of Spain, Charter Of The French Language

• School: York University
• Department: Human Rights and Equity Studies
• Course: HREQ 2010
• Professor: Paul Brienza

Document Summary

Human rights are not human rights without being constitutional. The constitution forges the notion of human rights. An ideology that limits states power and giving rights to the citizens. One of the great claims of liberalism, as a political system, is that it is grounded in law. Members of this society are ruled by law. " members of liberal society are ruled by law. A constitution seeks to enshrine this idea in a way that is known and understood by those who participate in it. We have access to what society is about and what we have access too. It is your right and duty to know the laws. The possible goals of a constitution: to firmly establish the rule of law. C. or idea of the rule of law. to affirm and enshrine national unity. Elements that make up a nation to the concept of a nation. Notion of popular sovereignty- the nation is sovereign.