Political Science 2230E Chapter 6: Chapter 6 Notes.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2230E
• Professor: Cristine De Clercy

Document Summary

Chapter 6: rights and freedoms: universal declaration of human rights (1948): a declaration passed by the united. Nations in 1948 that provides the basis for various international covenants to which canada is a signatory, such as the international covenant on civil and political rights and the. International covenant on economic, social and cultural rights: human rights: all the basic rights and freedoms of citizens. Civil rights , these include political rights, democratic rights, legal rights, economic rights, and equality rights. However, the bill of rights is a statute and does not have the status of constitutional law. Judicial restraint: the practice of judges deferring to the will of elected governments when their laws and actions are challenged as being unconstitutional. Before the charter was passed in 1982, it was extremely rare for canadian courts to declare duly passed laws unconstitutional, unless they were ultra vires.