LS101 Lecture Notes - Section 33 Of The Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms, Reverse Onus, Freedom Of Movement
16 Sep 2013
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Impact on the court: for a long time, statute law trumped common law however, with the charter, a lot of power is returned to the courts, section 52 (constitutional law) constitution is the supreme law of. Canada and any law that is inconsistent, to the extent of the inconsistency, of no force or effect . Has to accomplish only what is stated trying to prevent drug trafficking (that"s it) Used in a quebec case where they refused to have bilingual signs because they wanted all their signs in. Democratic rights: sections 3,4,5 cannot be overridden by the notwithstanding. Search dogs used to search people in public for dogs. Principal in sarnia allowed officer and search dogs into school directed them to the gymnasium where large amounts of marijuana and another drug were found in. People argue that this could include fingerprints and breathalyzers but courts have argued against this.
