Media, Information and Technoculture 2156A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Parliamentary Sovereignty, Primary And Secondary Legislation, Statutory Interpretation
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Principles of stare decisis and precedent (pg. Legislation set by federal parliament or provincial governments. Regulations are subordinate legislation they work under the primary act. Each governing body has the right to create legislation 10 provincial governments and the. Case law or judicial law interpretation of statute is binding law. Parliamentary supremacy there are no restrictions on the kinds of laws parliament are allowed to make, as long as it does not conflict with the charter of rights and freedoms. Convention something that is done not because it is written out in legislation but because it has also been done that way. You can go to court without having to sue someone in particular, but because there is a serious legal problem that no one really knows the answer to. Section 33 not withstanding clause allows the dismissal of a section of the charter of the rights or freedoms.