POLS 2300 Chapter Notes - Chapter 07: Habeas Corpus, The Foundations, October Crisis

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2300
• Professor: Ajay Sharma

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People employed throughout the canadian justice system are subject to three core principles: the rule of law, the rule of judicial impartiality, the rule of judicial independence. Rule of law (cid:862)a (cid:271)asi(cid:272) legal pri(cid:374)(cid:272)iple that holds (cid:374)o o(cid:374)e is a(cid:271)o(cid:448)e the la(cid:449). (cid:863) p. (cid:1006)(cid:1009)(cid:1010) applied to all citizens of canada and means no one is arbitrarily treated differently. This is even entrenched in the preamble to the charter of rights and freedoms. Habeas corpus (cid:862)the right (cid:374)ot to (cid:271)e detai(cid:374)ed (cid:449)ithout (cid:272)ause or due pro(cid:272)ess. (cid:863) p. (cid:1006)(cid:1009)(cid:1010) Suspended this right three times: wwi ukrai(cid:374)ia(cid:374) ca(cid:374)adia(cid:374)s a(cid:374)d (cid:862)e(cid:374)e(cid:373)(cid:455) alie(cid:374)s(cid:863, wwii japanese, german, and italian interment camps, (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1011)(cid:1004)"s o(cid:272)to(cid:271)er crisis domestic terrorists (only one suspended during peacetime) Judicial independence (cid:862)the pri(cid:374)(cid:272)iple (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h judges are free fro(cid:373) politi(cid:272)al interference when de(cid:272)idi(cid:374)g (cid:272)ases. (cid:863) p. (cid:1006)(cid:1009)(cid:1013) judges do not have to fear intrusion or retri(cid:271)utio(cid:374) of the go(cid:448)"t.