LAW 142 Study Guide - Final Guide: Constitution Act, 1982, Enumerated Powers, Judicial Independence

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Regulates relationships between the branches of government. Constrains the way in which government interacts with individuals: e. g. protection for fundamental rights and freedoms. The legislative branch: includes elected house of commons and appointed senate at the federal level, and the elected legislatures at the provincial level. The executive branch: ability to make legislatures, government officials, such as prime minister, provincial premiers, and their appointed officials such as ministers, responsible under the constitution for carrying out/administering the laws of the legislative branch. The judiciary branch: charged with interpreting and enforcing the law, resolving disputes about the law and the constitution. Written constitution: constitution act 1867, constitution act 1982. Additional entrenched statutes, orders in council, etc. Unwritten elements: principles (identified by supreme court of canada) Recognized constitutional principles include judicial independence, federalism, democracy, constitutionalism, and the rule of law and protection of minorities: architectural elements.

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