POLS 3136 Lecture Notes - English Law, Constitutional Documents
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Public law ii a brief history of human rights in canada. " what are civil liberties hogg : civil liberties encompass . Other definitions emphasize that civil liberties are designed to protect the individual from government: the model that we tend to think about tend to think about what governments cant do. " what are legal rights things that are enforceable in courts. " written constitutions sets out what the rules are. The general rule is that governments have all the power and its just divided between different levels. " written constitution doc sets of the limits of governmental power. Rights to have a right you have to be able to claim it: the process of claiming rights is important. Civil liberties may be classed into three broad categories. Political right to vote , free speech. Egalitarian- anti discrimination parts of civil rights documents. Legal civil liberties , according to hogg are :