POLS 2300 Chapter 7: CH 7
19 Mar 2018
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Includes judges, lawyers, ministers, bureaucrats, police, correction officers. No clear lines separate the political and judicial realms. Much more to the justice system than courtrooms and judges. Federal government does not always hold the upper hand. Laws are best understood as imparting a set of legal rights and responsibilities, perm live in a free and fair society as long as they live up tot the obligations to the state a. The responsibility for determining how the laws should be interpreted, applied, and e judiciary and broader justice system. The rule of law: a basic legal principle that holds that no one is above the law. Enshrined in english law when king john signed the magna carta in 1215. All laws must be made transparently and publically accessible, applied consis discrimination, and they provide affordable access to justice for all canadians. Habeas corpus the right not to be detained without cause or due process.
