PUB2 101D1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Agnosticism, Legal Personality, Sukkah

• School: McGill University
• Department: Public Law 2
• Course: PUB2 101D1
• Professor: Mark Walters

Document Summary

If both freedom of religion and trial fairness are engaged on the facts, the question is how a judge should reconcile these rights. The answer lies in a just and proportionate balance between freedom of religion on the one hand, and trial fairness on the other, based on the particular case before the court. Canadian charter: everyone has the following fundamental freedoms: (a) freedom of conscience and religion; Chacun a les libert s fondamentales suivantes a) libert de conscience et de religion; Charte quebecoises des droits et libert s de la personne. Every person is the possessor of the fundamental freedoms, including freedom of conscience, freedom of religion, freedom of opinion, freedom of expression, freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of association. Purpose - the purpose of s. 2(a) is to prevent interference with profoundly personal beliefs that govern one"s perception of oneself, humankind, nature, and, in some cases, a higher or different order of being.