POLI 222 Chapter Notes - Chapter reading: Emily Murphy
19 Oct 2018
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In 1892, the queen signed the charter of rights and. All over the world, people are subjecting their parliaments to a higher constraint, that of the written constitution. Constitutional rights based democracy is becoming the international norm. It is accepted that the will of the people should respect the fundamental norms upon the notion of democracy and legitimacy of the legislative assemblies is founded. Even without a written bill of rights, courts require the legislatures to conform to the basic principles of democracy and equality. Example: the courts 50 years ago used the process of interpretation to recognize equality rights in canada. When emily murphy was sworn in as a police magistrate in 1916 in alberta, there was a challenge to her jurisdiction. Only persons were allowed to sit as judges and persons meant men. She refused to accept the status quo, but the.
