The notwithstanding clause of section 33 in the Canadian Constitution gives legislatures the ability to pass laws that override essential guarantees of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. ... One must recall that section 33 allows parliament to maintain supremacy over the judicial branch of government, and in doing so gives opportunity for legislation to pass without process or justification. ... The court system was originally established to give formal, impartial judgment on interpretations of laws and settling disputes. ... Parliament is also capable of passing detrimental legislature, in...

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From the aspect of individual, every one want to express his own character, develop his own ability, and find out his own potency without being disturbed or forbidden by others, so it is necessary to give out a regulation on other people's behavior in case of jeopardizing your own freedom, on the other hand, the regulation works the same with you in order to protect other people's freedom. ...

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In formal terms parliamentary authority in Britain is unlimited, as parliament can make or unmake law on any subject whatsoever, as William Blackstone, the eighteenth century jurist declared "Parliament can do everything that is not naturally impossible" (Coxall & Robins 1998, 214) as no person can question its legislative competence and the courts must give effect to its legislation. This Parliamentary Sovereignty is the dominating characteristic of the British constitution, however since Britain's involvement in the European Union, this sovereignty has been impaired as EU law is supr...

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The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is a statutory body responsible for providing broad oversight of the process for setting accounting standards in Australia and giving the Minister reports and advice on that process. ...

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