Paper instructions:
Specific description:
Choose a topic of constitutional concern from the following list and describe how the Supreme Court (as well as other courts where applicable) has responded to it:
Rights and Classical Liberalism
Freedom of Religion
Freedom of Association
Freedom of Expression
Your response should go to the core issue or heart of the matter. Further, how and in what manner are judges fully active interpreters of the law? Do you agree with the courts interpretation? Further, what does this case tell us about rights in Canada.The purpose of this paper is to show your ability and skill and using and conceptualizing the course material. Your paper should be no more than 5 pages. The only sources required are those to be found in the course: Hogg, Beaudoin and Mendes, and Kelly and Manfredi. You must have a thesis statement and your arguments should be as clear and simple as possible.Hogg Peter W., Constitutional Law of Canada, Carswell, Toronto, 2011.
Kelly James B. and Manfredi Christopher P., Contested Constitutionalism: Reflections on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, 2009
Recommended:
Beaudoin Gerald A. and Mendes Errol, The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Third Edition), Carswell, Toronto, 1996.

Political Science

In the period that we have been meeting, the Supreme Court has issued some rulings of profound importance for the future of the nation. According to the scholarship, what roles do activism and ideology play in judicial decision making (note here I am not just asking about the Supreme Court)? In your opinion, does the structure of the federal courts serve the founders’ goals of protecting liberty? Please offer evidence to defend your position.

Political Science

In the period that we have been meeting, the Supreme Court has issued some rulings of profound importance for the future of the nation. According to the scholarship, what roles do activism and ideology play in judicial decision making (note here I am not just asking about the Supreme Court)? In your opinion, does the structure of the federal courts serve the founders’ goals of protecting liberty? Please offer evidence to defend your position.