PAP 2320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Westminster System, Sarie

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Public Administration
• Course: PAP 2320
• Professor: Roger Rickwood

Document Summary

1: entrenched in our charter, rights not in constitution but in statutory rights in common law or charter, moral document that regulates how decisions should be made, what rights there are, what policies the state should pursue. Article 1: government doesn"t give you rights, born with it: contradiction: citizenship, those who aren"t citizens might not have the same rights conscience unless otherwise. Liberal concept: individuals are rational human beings, presume sane and have a. Article 3: section 7 of charter, state has obligation to protect you and your. Article 8: section 24 of charter, go to courts and ask to remedy something if. Article 7: certain rights are guaranteed and the state has a duty to protect those. 2. thought to be treated unequally by constitution. Article 9: police can"t search you without cause, can"t be exiled. 6. leave but they won"t let you go if you go to do harm (ex. sex offenders)