Constitutional Law Attorney
SCOPE OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION (FOE):
What is Expression?
• Activity conveying, or attempting to convey, meaning is expression
• All expression has:
o Content: the meaning conveyed
o Form: the method used to convey the meaning
• Cannot exclude activity from scope of FOE on basis of content or meaning being conveyed
• Human activity that is purely physical and does [...]
Constitutional Law Democracy Turkey
Introduction to Constitutional Rights
Do we have rights or not??
s.33 of the Charter – notwithstanding clause (override)
Allows government legislation to violate certain sections of the Charter (s.2 and s.7-15)
Is very rarely used, which is significant. No government seems to want to take responsibility for invoking it (fear of public reaction?!)
Ford v. AG Quebec is the only [...]
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