POL214Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Constitution Act, 1982, Parliamentary Sovereignty
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Parliamentary supremacy the principle that parliament is the supreme law-making body whose ability to legislate has not been restricted by a superior constitutional document. Common law a body of law developed through the accumulation of court decisions that become binding precedents for similar future cases. Implied bill of rights the judicial theory that rights are implied by the preamble to the. Constitution act, 1867, and therefore could not be infringed upon by ordinary legislation. Canadian bill of rights an act of parliament passed in 1960 establishing various rights and freedoms that only applied to matters under federal jurisdiction. Social rights rights that require government action, such as the right to education, housing or employment. Reasonable limits clause a clause of the charter of rights and freedoms that allows for reasonable limits on rights and freedoms, provided the limits can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.
