LAWS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Individual And Group Rights, Norm (Social)
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Purest liberalism: individuals can be segregated from one another clearly. Many did not value the idea of individualism (except lawyers) before this concept. Debates on what human rights are: distinctions on sex needed judicial review, section 15: guaranteed equality rights to genders. Mary allen turpel: people not as subjects of the crown, but as distinct peoples with cultures/ways of life should be tolerated and respected even if it challenges the cultural aspects of others: canadians and aboriginals. The british and canadians later never fully accept this. Strategic ambiguity from the british crown: some advocates point to section 35, which are for aboriginal rights. Others say the section does not specify what things are acceptable and not, lawyers must interpret this. Not plural, goes against polytheistic beliefs that aboriginals have. Imposing an anglo-canadian and monotheistic belief on all. Every legal norm is a social norm, but every social norm is not a legal norm.
