Philosophy 2080 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: R V Drybones, Parliamentary Sovereignty, Indian Act
9 Apr 2016
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The essay: two models of judicial decision making by paul weiler. Supreme court of canada will get new powers: entrenched bill of rights is a limit on the gov"t to make laws that are inconsistent with that bill of rights. Should we then have a say in who gets to sit on the supreme court of canada: changing the court system would require constitution amendment. Paul weiler"s concern"s will show up in the cases, there will be questions and complaints. A case that considers the indian act and the canadian bill of rights, 1960 (ca) It is ordinary bill: can be amended or appealed by the federal government at any time. Her majesty had to comply with this, and there"s no bill of rights in england. Dignity and worth of the human person will be in a lot of cases that we read: it will be evoked when we consider the impact of law.
