LAWS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Arbitrary Arrest And Detention, Ultra Vires, Drug Injection
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Laws 1000 lecture (5) law, rights and the charter. Freedoms, supreme court can strike down law) & democracy: rule of law. Reference re succession of quebec : talks about what the rule of law means, also tells us what were the rules by which quebec would actually separate. Responsible government: roncarelli v. duplessis : laws apply to everyone, you cannot take a power as your own, consistent with the power of your office. Court has to step in to make decisions. Case, provincial government & healthcare v. federal government (criminal law, The idea of citizenship: ties together a range of concepts, carries assumptions of rights at least those of the charter. But fewer & more recent than you think! Court of canada"s decisions and said that women were indeed people) 1960, aboriginals were given the right to vote: ability to vote depends on your practical access.
