JOUR 2501 : comm2501jour2501.docx

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Journalism and Communication
• Course: JOUR 2501
• Professor: all

Document Summary

Common law: based one past presidents not codified judge made law. The canadian charter of rights and freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society. Because it constitutionally guarantees certain rights, implies that these freedoms are absolute cannot be limited. Sets limits on the rights and freedoms as long as these are reasonable prescribed by law demonstrably justified in democratic society. The guaranteed freedoms are not absolute they can be limited to protect other rights. Someone needs to make a judgment of which right is more important than the other right. Limited by legislation by laws that are reasonable limits on those guaranteed rights. 1982 the charter was established in april of 1982, the queen signed constitutional documents. Charter is organic document that can be modified and emended as we evolve as a society.