PPAS 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Jurisprudence, John Diefenbaker, Miscegenation

• School: York University
• Department: Public Policy and Administration Studies
• Course: PPAS 2200
• Professor: k

Document Summary

Rights and freedoms are necessary for a democracy to work, because democracies favor equality, freedom of speech, fair trial and it tolerates the views of minorities through elected representatives. In canada, our rights were gained historically, and awareness eventually began. People became conscious that human rights were protected by common law, which is unwritten and based on precedence. Canada is a democratic society, and it"s charter of rights and. Freedoms was created in order to guarantee fundamental rights and freedoms. 1982 after the bill of rights by john diefenbaker was seen as a weak legal form of civil liberties. The charter has many approaches to it"s constitutionality, and what it represents. The constitution is supreme law in canada, it tries to achieve stability and order. This works with rights and freedoms to help the interests of most people in society.