POLS 2350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Constitution Act, 1982, Canada Act 1982, Royal Assent
4 Apr 2018
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Where should we look for law: all around us! Personal experience (but this is not systematic!: constitution. Statues: case law, regulations, not law, but part of the legal universe: guidelines, codes of conduct, standards, customs. Some of these might still be a source of law. Queen is legally very very powerful: legally and constitutionally she has an extreme a(cid:373)ou(cid:374)t of po(cid:449)er (cid:894)royal asse(cid:374)t(cid:895), (cid:271)ut de(cid:373)o(cid:272)rati(cid:272)ally she does(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e (cid:373)u(cid:272)h. Bureaucratic actors have enormous power over individuals: a statue will say this body/tribunal will have authority over this issue. It is superior to judge made decisions: common law judgments/regulations/executive actions: are rules made by judges, judicial decisions, they are supposed to respect precedent. Two major written components : constitution act, 1867 (set up the federal frame work, more about relations between governments) and constitution act, 1982 (including charter, more about the relationship between citizens and the state).
