POLS 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Protestantism, Padlock Law, Sunday Shopping
8 Dec 2013
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Rights and freedoms are commonly classified into four categories. Civil liberties consist of rights and freedoms that individuals enjoy beyond the reach of the government or the state. The charter has had a profound influence on the canadian political system. Differing and protecting rights and freedoms: political liberties, including the fundamental freedoms of speech, press, assembly, and religion. The second, legal rights, includes the procedural rights of a person suspected or accused of committing a crime, a liberty encompassing that person"s right to legal counsel, a presumption of innocence, bail, and a fair trial. The third aspect involves equality rights that is, freedom from discrimination on such bases as gender, race, religion, or age. The fourth category, economic rights, is more controversial. Although the right to own property, for example, is recognized in law as well as in the canadian bill of rights.
