Philosophy 1040F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: James Wolfe, Pierre Trudeau, Canada Act 1982

• School: Western University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: Philosophy 1040F/G
• Professor: Michael Milde

Document Summary

5 years (known as a democratic freedom: the rights in the charter of rights and freedoms "inalienable" (cannot be taken away or given up). 338: bonus: what does the "5th amendment" to the constitution guarantee canadians, there is no 5th amendment to the canadian constitution. A fundamental law that distributes power among the organs of the state. Executive, legislative, judiciary (3 branches) + citizenry: constitution directly or indirectly structures relations between them. Some problems: the constitutions of canada is not one thing, not one document. Us can buy little pockets of the constitution + 28 amendments - that"s the whole thing: canada have many, many documents, borrows from uk constitution (in line with) - some of which is unwritten (conventions) Lots of aspects of british constitutions is conventions. No mention of the office of prime minister in 1867 document ("we want a constitution, similar in form to the uk" the british have one: constitution is contested.