PPAS 3136 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Fundamental Justice, Mens Rea, Perjury

• School: York University
• Department: Public Policy and Administration Studies
• Course: PPAS 3136
• Professor: James Simeon

Document Summary

Public law 2 lecture 5 february 9th, 2017. Section 7- right to life, liberty and security of the person. Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person. The state cannot take away these rights unless principles of fundamental justice are followed. If the state takes away rights under section 7, it must follow principles that are fundamental to fairness and justice. The right to life might involve right to health. Right to liberty-the right act without state intervention, protection against state intervention. And security of person is protecting people from physical, mentally harming yourself. 2when you talk about legal rights does not include business rights, it only includes the person. According to fundamental justice that people can only be sent to jail if they knew they did something wrong. Singh v canada (minister of employment and immigration), (19850. E(cid:448)eryo(cid:374)e (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:448)ered(cid:863)- does(cid:374)"t o(cid:374)ly apply to (cid:272)itize(cid:374)s, also applies to refugees.