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Regulatory State: Parliamentary Procedure September 18, 2007.

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1 Regulatory State: Parliamentary Procedure September 18, 2007

2 Framework for law-making: themes Rule of Law Constitutional supremacy Different Functions of legislative, executive, judicial branches of government Parliamentary supremacy Federalism Statutory authority Judicial independence

3 A central tension for Parliament Freedom to legislate but Subject to rule of law

4 Examples: Bacon v. Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corp Turner v. Canada Wells v. Newfoundland Canada (House of Commons v. Vaid)

5 Take a yellow, green or purple piece of paper Yellow: develop your two best arguments on why Parliamentarians should be immune from human rights law. Purple: develop your two best arguments on why Parliamentarians should not be immune from human rights law Green: You are the judge


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