POL214Y5 Lecture Notes - John Diefenbaker, Civil Liberties, Equal Protection Clause
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Pol214 chapter 19 notes: the charter of rights and freedoms. Civil liberties consist of rights and freedoms that individuals enjoy beyond the reach of the government or the state. Represent territory in which the government is not allowed to enter as it makes and enforces public policy for a society. Classified into four categories: fundamental freedoms, legal rights, equality rights, and economic rights. The charter plays out the primary principle of the rule of law. British and american system developed to restrict the actions of governments. Parliamentary supremacy: holds that the legislative body contains complete sovereignty and is supreme over all other government institutions. Japanese extraction during the war showed that the government was powerful and that the courts couldn"t do anything about it. The charter is generally a much stronger document than its predecessor, the bill of rights. John diefenbaker enacted the canadian bill of rights in 1960. Universal declaration on human rights enacted by the un influenced him.
