POLS 3140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sunday Shopping, Toleration, Pierre Trudeau

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3140
• Professor: Dave Snow

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Week #2: legitimacy and activism debate (unit 2) 11:20 am: case brief - assignment #1 (feb 1st), court: what court it is, facts of the case. Why did this go to court or what happened before the case. Hierarchies of courts (everything that happened up to the court we are examining) - high court decision. Record dissents in the lower courts: decision and action. What did the court answer to #4. (what was the majorities answer to the questions before the court) - what: voting coalitions. Why did the majority of the court answer the questions before the court (#4: signifi(cid:272)ant o(cid:271)iter (cid:894)don"t do(cid:895) - n/a, concurring opinions - n/a, dissenting opinions. Why did the dissent answer the questions before the court: summary. What is the main point and sum the case up. In class questions #1: arguments of charterphiles and charterphobes in 1982, charterphobes: diminish the roles of parliament and take away power from the charter.