SSCI 1010U Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Born Alive Rule, Canada Act 1982, Fundamental Justice
17 Feb 2017
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Introduction to canadian legal system ssci 1010u- 001. The charter of rights and freedoms & theoretical perspectives. Box 6. 1 sections 91 and 92 ca, 1867. S. 91 federal powers over: s. 2 regulation of trade and commerce, s. 2a unemployment insurance, s. 5 postal service, s. 24 indians, and lands reserved for the indians, s. 27 criminal law. Analysis: the ms attempted to impose a std of morality, which is criminal law function not provincial jurisdiction. Scc"s holding: unconstitutional ms act ultra vires beyond the powers of the province. Box: 6. 3 types of rights: s. 2 fundamental freedoms freedom of, conscience, thought/opinion/expression, peaceful assembly, association, s. 3 democratic rights vote, s. 6 mobility rights, s. s. 7-14 legal rights, s. 15 equality. Meaning and scope a right: 2b) freedom of expression: applies to natural persons and corporations, political expression, commercial expression, public access to info, censorship, picketing and postering on public property, right to say something.
