PPAS 3136 Chapter Notes - Chapter 36: Truancy, Section 33 Of The Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms, Statutory Interpretation

• School: York University
• Department: Public Policy and Administration Studies
• Course: PPAS 3136
• Professor: Danny O' Rourke- Dicarlo

Document Summary

Guarantees a set of civil liberties that are regarded important. However, it may never become the main safeguard of civil liberties. Gave lawyers a more important role in the government : their opinions cannot be brushed aside on policy grounds because they can report to the attorney general. Its major effect expansion of judicial review. Before 1982, there was no judicial review on moral rights issues. Empowers legislatures to overrule the decisions of the supreme court in rights issues. Enables the parliament or a legislature to enact a law that will override the guarantees in s. 2 and ss. 7 to 15 of the charter. Authori es the courts to balance the guaranteed rights against competing societal values. If it doesn"t the: determining whether the law is justified under s. 1 as a reasonable limit. 1: (cid:873)privileged rights(cid:874) that are not (cid:873)common rights(cid:874) are subject to override. Ss. 3 to 5 - democratic rights.