Constitution Act, 1982

Members of Parliament to include women’s rights in Canada’s constitution. Thanks to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982, women were now legally protected against discrimination in the workplace. Section 15 of the Act made discrimination against race, colour, religion, sex or national origin illegal in Canada. Section 28 guaranteed that all rights and freedoms listed in the charter referred equally to both male and females. This act was a huge deal not only to end discrimination…

He considered the Constitution to be a statute, which cannot be changed over time. Many suspected that his real intention was to turn back certain decisions of the 1960s and 70s that were passed by the Warren and Burger Courts. He was described by Congressman Barney Frank as…

Furthermore there are other methods to measure the success of a constitution such as the separation of powers. In the UK the constitutional reform act certainly tried to implement a separation of powers. The Supreme Court in the UK took over the existing role of the Law Lords as well as some powers of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, and removed the functions of Speaker of the House of Lords and Head of the Judiciary of England and Wales from the office of Lord Chancellor which…

from key stakeholders prior to passing health policy laws in order to assess stakeholder conflict and ensure solutions are provided to these conflicts within health policy. Novick & Mays (2008) explain three primary functions of the United States Constitution, which are federalism, separation of powers, and protection of individual liberties. Federalism is allocating power among the federal government and the states, separation of powers…

How is the Constitution written to guarantee that the government will be, and forever remain, limited in power? The Constitution was written upon the six principles to ensure our government would forever be with limited power to protect the United States of America. A limited government is a political system that legalized force is restricted to enumerated powers. The idea of a limited government is related to political thinkers, who used a unique way of showing emphasis to prevent government…

The Texas constitution was written in 1876 which was more than a century ago. During this time, Texas was still developing and is still growing today. The constitution has three limitations that can be considered in order for the constitution to be rewritten. Which include the length and organization, the bill of rights, and the legislative branch of the government. The constitution was written during the time when people had, the limitation of government powers, and limits on the legislatures…

Germany with the help of the United States and their own constitution established the judicial system under the part titled The Judiciary and has twelve articles describing many different parts of the system. Their constitution has a lot more parts and explanations of how the government is set up in Germany. They go in more detail than American in how they are organized and what they can do. According to Alex Dragnich “Although Germany is a federal system, its state and national court system do…

whether the Texas Constitution should be rewritten or not. Therefore, here a number of arguments for and against the rewriting of the constitution are represented. The proponents and opponents of the Texas Constitution to be rewritten have strong arguments to support or deny the idea. First of all, the Constitution is too long and needs to be organized. It is one of the constitutions that have gone through many amendments making it more complex and the longest of all the constitutions of the…

once you become a U.S. citizen you are free. Although, the constitution was put in place to make sure that the “freedoms” do not get too out of hand. In today’s age some of these laws have restricted people from living the life that their ancestors risked their lives for. Everyone deserves the freedom to live their life happily. This is why I support the notion to amend the amendment against same sex marriage. Amending the U.S. Constitution is not an easy process. You cannot just go to the…

Later, the Constitution helped it regain its strength by establishing the principles necessaries to control the relationship between the national government and the states: federalism, the separation of powers, the checks and balances system to maintain control over their…