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Canadian constitutional law (French: droit constitutionnel du Canada) is the area of Canadian law relating to the interpretation and application of the Constitution of Canada by the courts. All laws of Canada , both provincial and federal, must conform to the Constitution and any laws inconsistent with the Constitution have no force or effect.
The Constitution of Canada is a large number of documents that have been entrenched in the constitution by various means. Regardless of how documents became entrenched, together those documents form the supreme law of Canada; no non-constitutional law may conflict with them, and none of them may be changed without following the amending formula given in Part V of the Constitution Act, 1982.
The United Kingdom thus renounced any remaining responsibility for, or jurisdiction over, Canada. In a formal ceremony on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Queen Elizabeth II proclaimed the Constitution Act, 1982 into law on April 17, 1982. [15] The Constitution Act, 1982, includes the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Before the Charter ...
Constitutional law is the area of Canadian law relating to the interpretation and application of the Constitution of Canada by the Courts. [61] This is represented in the Constitution Act, 1867, Constitution Act, 1982 and Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Official Justice Laws Website of the Canadian Department of Justice; Constitutional Acts, Consolidated Statutes, and Annual Statutes at the Canadian Legal Information Institute; Canadian Constitutional Documents: A Legal History at the Solon Law Archive
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is the part I of the Constitution Act, 1982.The Charter is a bill of rights to protect certain political rights, legal rights and human rights of people in Canada from the policies and actions of all levels of government.
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; Canadian constitutional law; Charlottetown Accord; Citizens' Forum on Canada's Future; Clergy Reserves in Canada Act 1840; Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865; Constitution Act, 1867; Constitution Act, 1871; Constitution Act, 1886; Constitution Act, 1982; Constitutional Act 1791; Constitutional debate in Canada
Added Section 16.1 to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which made the English and French linguistic communities in New Brunswick equal, with the right to distinct cultural and educational institutions. s. 43: House of Commons, Senate and New Brunswick Legislative Assembly Constitution Amendment, 1993 (Prince Edward Island)