POLI 478 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Canada, Quebec, Supreme Court Of Canada
20 Nov 2018
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Poli 478: the canadian constitution rights & liberties. Lectures will usually be ~2 hours: 10% participation (in conference); 30% midterm; 30% paper; 30% final, conference registration should be open soon, office hours: will be announced weekly; prof. manfredi will usually be around after class. 2 main parts to this course: constitutional doctrine: how have rights been defined over time by the supreme court of. Judges(cid:859) prefere(cid:374)(cid:272)es (cid:271)ased o(cid:374) their (cid:448)alues, (cid:271)eliefs, life e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)es. Judges have preferences, but are constrained by various factors: Internal: must bargain w/ + persuade other justices to vote with you: external: scc force comes from moral authority of judgments. The reality may be all three: a (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:271)i(cid:374)atio(cid:374) of (cid:862)(cid:449)hat the judges prefer to do, tempered by what they think they should do, constrained by what they perceive is feasible to do(cid:863). Charter as contested constitutional document: not because it did anything new, but because it was a new qualitative approach to pre-existing concepts, such as:
