POLS 3136 Chapter Notes - Chapter 34: Obiter Dictum, Parliamentary Sovereignty, Margarine
18 Oct 2016
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Encompass broad range of values that support freedom and dignity of individual. Political civil liberties: freedom of speech, religion, assembly, association, right to vote, entire and leave canada. Legal civil liberties: freedom from search, seizure, arrest imprisonment, cruel and unusual punishment, unfair trial procedure. Egalitarian civil liberties: equality to accommodation, employment, education, absence of racial, sexual or other forms of discrimination: these civil liberties come into conflict with each other and with other values recognized by legal system. English common law inherited by colonies of british north america. Protect civil liberties, but does not provide guarantees of their continued recognition. Says that person is free to anything that isn"t prohibited by law. Parliament can make any law even if it goes against civil liberties. Bill of rights immune from ordinary legislative change can guarantee civil liberties from legislative encroachment. Democracy is definitely the most important safeguard of civil liberties. Secured by constitution and unwritten constitutional principles.
