POLS 1400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 19: Padlock Law, Section 33 Of The Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms, John Diefenbaker
12 Apr 2016
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Week 6: chapter 19- the charter of rights and freedoms. Civil liberties: consist of rights and freedoms that individuals enjoy beyond the reach of the government or the state. These rights and freedoms are an integral part of a democratic political system and represent territory into which the government is not allowed to enter as it makes and enforces public policy for a society. Judicial review: the power of the courts to overturn legislation or an action of the executive branch of government. Judicial discretion: the leeway inevitably bestowed on the courts when they interpret laws, even when they do not, or have no power to, overturn them. Rule of law: which requires that every official act be based on law. The political systems have adopted 2 methods to protect rights and freedoms: The british approach is to make parliament supreme but on the presumption that neither the legislature nor the executive would infringe civil liberties.
