SOCI 3810 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Supreme Court Of Canada, Robert Bork, Criminal Law Of Canada

• School: York University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 3810
• Professor: Philip J Boyle

Document Summary

The canadian charter of rights and freedoms is an important set of laws. This forms one part of the canadian constitution under the constitution act 1982 (rights, The canadian charter of rights and freedoms lists a set of laws that contain the basic rules that dictate how canada operates. For instance, within the charter, there is an elaboration of the powers of the federal government and those of the provincial governments in canada (epp, 1996). Moreover, the charter also guarantees specific political right to canadian citizens and the civil rights of everyone in canada from the policies and actions of all aspects and levels of government. The primary importance and role of the canadian charter of rights and freedom is to unify canadians based on the set of principles that safeguard their rights (mandel, Under section 24 of the charter, the supreme court of canada has the ultimate power to interpret and enforce the charter (russell, 1983).