SOSC 3360 Lecture Notes - Constitution Act, 1982, Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Indian Register

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 3360
• Professor: Jonathan Rudin

Document Summary

2 levels of govt: federal govt, provincial govt. Britain has one real level of govt- federal govt. Britain passed a law giving canada its indepedance in 1867. British parliament passed the bna act in 1867. The bna act divided the powers between the federal and the provincial govt. Powers of the provincial govt are found sec. 92: education, healthcare, property & civil rights, roads, public works, provincial companies, fines highway traffic act, speed limits etc. In the us criminal law is a provincial responsibility. Judicial review: the act of judges telling you what you can do and what you cant do, division of powers cases. 1960 the federal government (conservstive) john deifenbaker enacted the bill of rights: guaranteed certain rights ex. Two big problems with bill of rights. Very few cases where bill of rights was successfully used. The case was that women are treated differently than men. Another prime minister ( liberal) shared deifenbakers idea of rights pierre elliot trudeau.