POLS 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Legal Personality, John Diefenbaker, Section 33 Of The Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms
11 Apr 2017
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People and politics: social issues in canadian politics. Chapter 19: the charter of rights and freedoms. Civil liberties consist of rights and freedoms that individuals enjoy beyond the reach of the government or the state. It is increasingly up to the judiciary to determine if and when government have encroached the rights outlined in the charter of rights and freedoms. The rights and freedoms are commonly classified into four categories. Political liberties the fundamental freedoms of speech, press, assembly and religion. Legal rights the procedural rights of a person suspected or accused of committing a crime, a liberty encompassing that a person"s rights to legal counsel, a presumption of innocence, bail, and a fair trial. Equality rights freedom from discrimination on such bases as gender, race, religion or age. Economic rights although the right to own property which is recognized in law as well as in the. Canadian bill of rights, it was not enshrined in the charter.
