COMM231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Double Jeopardy, Civil Procedure
24 Mar 2015
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Week 2: canadian charter of rights: s. 7- life, liberty and security of the person. >full information: s. 8- search and seizure. >different countries have different law: s. 10- right to counsel. >informed about the rights to ask for lawyers: s. 11- right to trail within reasonable time. >ex: brampton airport (busy: s. 12- right vs. cruel and unusual punishment. >can"t be charged for admitting a crime while being a witness: s. 14-right to interpreter, s. 15- equality rights, s. 16- language right (english and french, s. 33- not withstanding clause. >provincial and federal government can take away govent rights (s. 2, s. 7-14) As a bargaining tool for quebec to sign the charter (not eliminating the french culture) >have never used s. 33 because it will become the floodgates. =9 justice system (judges: 3- ontario, 3- quebec (reason: french and civil code, only hears appeals or references (national importance) Federal matter: federal government of appeal, federal government trail division, tax court.
