POL214Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Quebec Act, None Of The Above, Manitoba Act
16 Sep 2019
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Today"s agenda: review last class, competing constitutional visions, how the constitution changes, amendments before 1982, amending formulae since 1982. Constitution evolution in law: 1763: royal proclamation, 1774: quebec act, 1791: constitutional act, 1840: act of union, 1867: british north america act, 1931: statute of westminster, 1982: constitution act. The scc on what the constitution is: the expression of the sovereignty of the people , a statement of the will of the people , not a straightjacket . 1: more than a written text , a global system or rules and principles . A constitution as a living tree : persons cases (sec. Canada"s three constitutional pillars (i. e. , parliamentary govt. : responsible govt. 1848 convention: federalism 1867 law, charter of rights 1982 law (i. e. , two orders of govt. /parliaments) (i. e. , everyone a party to the constitution) Constitutional evolution: parliamentary supremacy (1848, divided parliamentary supremacy (1867, constitutional supremacy (1982)
