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sWhat is the seperation of powers doc- trine? (Ch.4)
What legal functions does the executive, legislative and judicial branches of gov- ernment fulfill?
What is substantive and procedural law?Separate powers are assigned to the leg- islative, executive and judicial branches of government.
The legislature MAKES THE LAW, the executive IMPLEMENTS THE LAW, the judiciary APPLIES AND INTERPRETS the law.
SUBSTANTIVE LAWis a body of law con- cerned with rights and obligations, as opposed to PROCEDURAL LAW which concerns how to enforce and defend such rights and obligations.
For example, murder is a criminal offence (substantive law) while the rules to be fol- lowed in prosecuting
an offender of that law are referred to as procedural law.
What is legislation?written laws made by legislative assem-
Canada recognizes both the Civil Code
Why is Canada considered bijural and bicameral?
If the facts in a precedent case differ from a case before the court,
what is the precedent is considered to be?and Common law, and is therefor consid- ered bijural. Canada has both an elected legislature (house of commons) and a senate (currently appointed).
Distinguishable and therefore not
al- lowed.
Laws based on the traditions of a com- munity and often unwritten.
What kind of court process is found in European civil law systems?What is customary law? King's Bench.European courts follow an inquisitorial type of process.
Where did the common law orginate?In decisions made in England's Court of
What are the 2 core beliefs of the Rule of Law (rol)?1.Everyone should be treated equally before the law. In Canada, what were the four
main fac- tors in the development
of legislative pro- tection for civil
rights?2.Power under the law should not be used arbitrarily.
1.Growing dissatisfaction in Canada of having only an 'implied' bill of rights in the aftermath of WWII.
The SCC determined that the Canadi- an constitution is similar to that of the UK, meaning our constitutional rights are similarly protected against the mis- use of government power. However, af- ter WWII and atrocities committed,
the newly formed UN proclaimed the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This prompted many Canadians to be- lieve that Canada also needed codified, legitimized and protected civil liberties through Constitutional legislation.
2.The influence of the civil rights move-
ment in the USA
During the 1950s and 1960s, the deseg- regation of schools, the creation of the NAACP and the rise of the civil rights movement led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other anti-discriminatory protests, marches and boycotts was reflected in calls to end anti-
discrimination legisla- tion in Canada. However, an implied bill of
rights doesn't address practiced and commonplace discrimination.
2.Canadians' dissatisfaction with the Canadian Bill of Rights (1960) by Diefen- baker.
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