CMN 3105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: In Camera, List Of Civilisations In The Culture Series, Civil Liberties

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 3105
• Professor: lowes mark

Document Summary

Open courts principle: public has access to the justice system, ex. People are able to get access of hearing at the supreme court of canada. In camera hearing: degrees to which a hearing is closed. The hearing takes place away from the public: is an affront to the principle of openness because public cannot access it. Freedom of expression is a general concept of publicity: has a legislative basis, publicity is fundamental a concept that governs you. What does it mean to be reasonable: concept of reasonability is subjective, supreme court needs to solve the case objectively, but there is only a certain amount of objectivity that can be applied to the case. Appeal: party that has to make an appeal. Dissenting judgement- not a majority decision, there is a judgement who dissents from the majority (says the appeal should be allowed: note where the reasons of majority and dissenting judgement start and end, page 190.