SOSC 1375 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Reverse Onus, Section 33 Of The Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms, Publication Ban

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1375
• Professor: Olena Kobzar

Document Summary

The charter was pushed from parliamentary to judicial power, so it was pushed for the judges to interrupt and implement the charter and to change it to be constitutional. Different people in the community feel as though they deserve different rights. So how and who who decides what rights we should have and to have for a community. Abortion: different version of individual responsibility and social justice. Enacted in the constitution act of 1982. Regulates relationshops between governmnets ( federal or provincial) and a person/ people. Departure from parliament supremacy : major shift if power the legislative to judicial body it only regulates the relationship between person and government related insitutions. The charter of rights was a major shift of power and gave the courts a huge amount of power to interpret. A profound shift of power from the parliament to judicial body.