Law Students

Canadian Constitutional Law #23: Approaches to Charter Interpretation

By Erin

Well, it’s February and we made it to the Charter (if I only I could make it to spring break…) In this podcast we’ll talk about the advent of the Charter and some approaches the court has developed for its interpretation. Interpreting a constitutional document is different from regular statute interpretation, so Dickson J and Wilson J have taken on the task of inventing terms for the work they do, which we shall then memorize and repeat on exams. Good times.

Hunter v Southam (1984)
R v. Big M Drug Mart (1985)
Reference re sec 92(2) of Motor Vehicles Act (1985)
R v Therens (1985)
R v Keegstra (1990)
Reference re Public Service Employee Relations Act (Alta) (1987)
Edmonton Journal v Alberta (AG) (1989)

Full post as published by Life of a Law Student on February 10, 2007 (boomark / email).