POLI 378 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Canada, Supreme Court Of Canada, Positive Law

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 378
• Professor: Alain-Guy Sipowo

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The role of courts in each model: constitutional democracy, courts hold a more explicit and influential role, judicial review of executive and legislative actions conformity with the. Constitution: unconstitutional actions are struck down if they violate constitutional rights, parliamentary democracy (primacy), against the undemocratic character of judicial review, parliamentary supremacy is combined with the rule of law. What are politics, law and judicial process: the law is a product of society implemented by the judicial actors in the court system. Chaouli 2005: the supreme court of canada decided that the right to life protected by s. 7 of the. Poli 378: lecture 2: (cid:862)this is (cid:374)ot a (cid:272)ase i(cid:374) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h the cou(cid:396)t (cid:373)ust sho(cid:449) defe(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:272)e to the go(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t"s (cid:272)hoi(cid:272)e of (cid:373)easu(cid:396)e. the cou(cid:396)ts ha(cid:448)e a duty to (cid:396)ise a(cid:271)o(cid:448)e politi(cid:272)al de(cid:271)ate (cid:894) (cid:895) Deference cannot lead the judicial branch to abdicate its role in favour of the legislative branch or the executive branch.