This is the web page for GL POLS 3135, The Courts and the Constitution, Fall 2011
Course Director: Prof. Roger Rickwood
Powerpoint Slides:
(Note: These slides were developed by Prof. Ian Greene when he taught GL POLS 3135 in 2005-06. Information in the slides about class administration issues and mock trials is not relevant to Prof. Rickwood's class in 2009.)
Eleventh Week powerpoint notes
Some cases that will be covered in this course:
1. Peace, Order and Good Government I: Russell v. The Queen, Local Prohibition Case, & Re Board of Commerce Act, Snider
2. Peace, Order and Good Government II (Employment and Social Insurance Act Reference (1937), A.G. Ont. v. Canada Temperance Federation (1946), Johannesson v. West St. Paul (1952), Reference re Offshore Mineral Rights (1967), Ref re Anti-Inflation Act (1976), Queen v. Crown Zellerbach (1988)
3: Property & Civil Rights vs. Trade and Commerce (Parsons, Proprietary Articles Trade Assoc. Ref., Natural Products Marketing Ref., Ontario Farm Products Marketing Act Ref., Chicken and Egg Reference, Labatt)
4. Interdelegation, and the Treaty-Making and Implementation Powers
5. Potash and Oldman River cases
6. Other division of powers cases: (R. v. Hydro-Québec, O’Hara v. B.C., CN v. Courtois, AGT v. Canada, Ont. Hydro v. Lab.
Supplemental Materials
Highlights of the Canadian Constitution
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Briefing Cases
Academic Honesty
On-Line Resources
Citations
Constitution Acts, 1867 to 1982
Highlights of the Canadian constitution
Case Brief Examples, by Kris Crawford Dickinson (Parsons and Russell)
How federally-appointed judges are selected
How provincially-appointed judges are selected in Ontario
Ethics Statement of Canadian Judicial Council