LAWS 1000 Lecture 11: Week 11- Law and Social Change (Note): Part Two
28 Mar 2016
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Face the problems associated with social changes within a liberal paradigm (such as in. Law as a platform of power: both productive and repressive. Freedom as an irreducible aspect of human experience (liberal philosophy), the need to ensure better governance by allowing its expression to tailor laws. Constitution of canada is the supreme law of canada, and any law that is inconsistent with provisions of the constitution, to the extent of inconsistency of no force or effect. A good check on the tyranny of majority. The defence of the charter by arbour and lafontaine (page 563) Historical aspect: the awakening following the great wars and genocides (post second world war). Its primary purpose: to bring canada into compliance with international law (declaration of human rights 1948). How to make a multicultural, multiethnic, multinational, multilingual state cohere in an age of rights (de ned per the liberal paradigm). To protect the have nots, and foster social change towards greater equality.
