PHL282H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Palliative Care, Wrongful Death Claim, Fundamental Justice
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In rodriguez v. british columbia, what conclusion does the. Supreme court reach about whether section 241(b) of the. Then explain the reasoning justice smith uses in carter v. canada to draw a different conclusion about whether 241(b) unjustifiably violates rights guaranteed under section 7. Section 7: everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice. The rights protect by section 7 can be divided into two branches. First is individual"s value in peril and second is if the value is in accordance with pfj. 241(b) follows the state interest and section 7 follows personal interest. Principle of fundamental justice points out a fair balance should be maintained between personal interests and state interests. If people use section 7 to indicate they have the autonomy to control the timing of their death, and ask for legalizing physician-asisted.
