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

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

Document Summary

Abortion: different versions of individual responsibility and social justice. Enacted in the constitution act of 1982. Departure from parliamentary supremacy: major shift of power from the legislative to judicial body. It guarantees all canadians right to liberty, equality under the law, and freedom of religion, expression, association and peaceful assembly . Regulates relationships between government (federal or provincial_ and a person/cause. If it"s not the state, it doesn"t go under charter rights. A profound shift of power from the parliament to judicial body. It guarantees all canadians rights to liberty, equality under the law, and freedom of religion, expression, association and peaceful assembly . Regulates relationships between government and a person (people) Courts interpret rights as they are set out in the charter. Charter deliberated by a small exclusive, largely homogeneous group of people. Preamble to the charter: whereas canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of god and the rule of law .