• In Canadian constitutional law, the doctrine of paramountcy (French: prépondérance fédérale) establishes that where there is a conflict between valid provincial...
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    naturalism Rule according to higher law Primacy of European Union law Paramountcy (Canada) Supremacy Clause (USA) Rule of law Separation of church and state...
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  • analogous section of the Constitution of Australia Paramountcy (Canada) – analogous doctrine in Canadian constitutional law Primacy of European Union law...
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  • coequal state sovereigns Intergovernmental immunity Paramountcy (Canada), analogous doctrine in Canadian constitutional law State preemption Zimmerman, Joseph...
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    Constitution of Australia Subsidiarity (European Union) Paramountcy (Canada) – analogous doctrine in Canadian constitutional law "EUR-Lex - l14548 - DE - EUR-Lex"...
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  • was repealed following national opposition. Federal preemption Paramountcy (Canada) Briffault 2018, p. 1997-1998. Fowler & Witt 2019, p. 554. Riverstone-Newell...
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    Supreme Court of Canada on determining the applicability of the doctrines of interjurisdictional immunity and federal paramountcy in Canadian constitutional...
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    interjurisdictional immunity and federal paramountcy. The doctrine of interjurisdictional immunity recognizes that the Canadian Constitution is based on an allocation...
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    The Constitution of Canada (French: Constitution du Canada) is the supreme law in Canada. It outlines Canada's system of government and the civil and human...
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    The Canada Act 1982 (1982 c. 11; French: Loi de 1982 sur le Canada) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and one of the enactments which make...
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  • Government of Canada (French: Gouvernement du Canada) is the body responsible for the federal administration of Canada. The term Government of Canada refers...
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  • or National Paramountcy? Examining the Dynamics of Subnational Acceptance of International Agreements" (PDF). Southern Journal of Canadian Studies, vol...
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    The Declaration of Independence of Lower Canada (French: Déclaration d'indépendance du Bas-Canada) was written in French by the patriot rebel Robert Nelson...
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  • interjurisdictional immunity and federal paramountcy. The Parliament of Canada has power to bind Her Majesty both in right of Canada and of any province, but provincial...
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    Canadian Confederation (French: Confédération canadienne) was the process by which three British North American provinces—the Province of Canada, Nova...
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    Multiple Access Ltd v McCutcheon (category Supreme Court of Canada cases)
    provincial Act were inoperative under the paramountcy doctrine as it overlapped with insider trading provisions in the Canada Corporations Act. At first instance...
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  • constitutionnelle de 1982) is a part of the Constitution of Canada. The Act was introduced as part of Canada's process of patriating the constitution, introducing...
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  • Before 1982, modifying the Constitution of Canada primarily meant amending the British North America Act, 1867. Unlike most other constitutions, however...
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    abolished the legislatures of Lower Canada and Upper Canada and established a new political entity, the Province of Canada to replace them. After the War of...
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    Law Society of British Columbia v Mangat (category Supreme Court of Canada cases)
    to apply the paramountcy doctrine or the inter-jurisdictional immunity doctrine to resolve the conflict. He found that the paramountcy doctrine was more...
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  • Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms contains guaranteed equality rights. As part of the Constitution of Canada, the section prohibits...
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    Section 16 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is the first of several sections of the Constitution dealing with Canada's two official languages...
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  • Section 3 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms constitutionally guarantees Canadian citizens the right to vote for a federal and provincial representative...
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  • The Constitutional debate of Canada is an ongoing debate covering various political issues regarding the fundamental law of the country. The debate can...
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  • Section 10 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms specifies rights upon arrest or detention, including the rights to consult a lawyer and the right...
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    London Conference of 1866 (category 1866 in Canada)
    a series of conferences that led to Canadian Confederation in 1867. Sixteen delegates from the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick gathered...
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  • Section 32 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms concerns the application and scope of the Charter. Only claims based on the type of law contemplated...
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    George III. The act divided the old Province of Quebec into Lower Canada and Upper Canada, each with its own parliament and government. It repealed the Quebec...
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    federal law. The Court's observation that the paramountcy doctrine did not apply where the Parliament of Canada has not legislated on a particular aspect...
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