PHL271H1 Lecture : liberty march 23
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Yes: equality what is it, and why value it, why do we care about it, charles taylor. Issue: whether parliament can legitimately criminalize the mere possession of marijuana and attach a penalty of imprisonment (strictly about drug trafficking) It violates canadian charter rights under section 7. Levine freedom fighter of marijuana possession and caine both convicted for marijuana. It says possible imprisonment caine argued that it violated his section 7 rights and levine argued that the criminalization of something that is central to his chosen lifestyle was violated. Section 7: idea is that you have a right not to be deprived of your liberty and security of a person, but if that deprivation is in accordance with the fundamental justice it is acceptable. Limitation is built in whatever the court deems to be fundamental justice. Section 1 means is that when we talk about rights in section 7, they are never absolute.
