The Historical and Constitutional Context of the Proposed Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
1981; Duke University School of Law; Volume: 44; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/1191216
ISSN1945-2322
Autores Tópico(s)Criminal Law and Evidence
ResumoAs far back as 1967, when he was still Minister of Justice, Prime Minister Pierce Elliott Trudeau advocated changing the Canadian Bill of Rights by adoption of a constitutionally entrenched charter. It should surprise no one, then, that just such a Charter of Rights and Freedoms constitutes the bulk of the proposed resolution which seeks one final amending Act by the United Kingdom Parliament of Canada's basic constitutional document-the British North America Act
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