LS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Vise, Perjury, Section 33 Of The Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms
8 Apr 2016
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Constitution act 1982 is the supreme law of canada. All laws in canada have to be consistent with the constitution. Charter deals with public citizens and government. Much less focused on how individuals deal with one another. Intent is to empower citizens to deal with authority such as government authority. Under conflict theory of social order, the greatest threat to our civil liberty is government. Charter rights of freedom helps with that it empowers the individual. Charter has indirect impact, has laws that have to do with commerce, that indirectly sees how organizations deal with their employees even though its not a government organization. Deals with how individuals deal with government and vise versa. Second limitation; section 32 notwithstanding clause, has only been used once by. Charter rights are not absolute, has balance between civil rights and the greater good. Freedom of speech, protected under the charter.
