POLSCI 3NN6 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Magna Carta, Canada Act 1982
17 Sep 2016
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Difficulty: also very specific term associated with administrative law. Courts undertake consideration of actions of legislative and executive branch = judicial supervision. How courts supervise legis/exec branches of government. Full scope courts can review the full range of powers of the government in question; government can do nothing. Narrow range courts confined to reviewing actions of government to see if they"re consistent with a law that has passed: cannot strike down or label laws and un-constitutional. Courts can review the statutes; law passed by government. Historically: courts used administrative law to say whether government was being good or bad. Administrative law: judicially developed to deal with this type of concern; government possesses all power and information making decisions that didn"t seem fair. Courts begin to gain power to strike down laws. Previously: supreme court capable of saying to the governments that legislative action was unconstitutional because it comes outside of the jurisdiction provided by the constitution.
