Open AccessReflections on the Canadian Bill of Rights
Author(s) -
Peter Brett
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
alberta law review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1925-8356
pISSN - 0002-4821
DOI - 10.29173/alr1917
Subject(s) - bill of rights , subject matter , subject (documents) , law , political science , politics , law and economics , sociology , human rights , computer science , library science , curriculum
The proposal of an entrenched Bill of Rights in Canada has been the subject of a great deal of interest. In this article Professor Brett concludes that the present Bill of Rights has been ineffectual. He further disagrees with the concept of entrenchment because it could not catalogue all rights nor ensure that encroachment of basic liberties would not take place. His solution would leave the matter in the political rather than the legal arena, subject to the wilt of a liberty-conscious electorate.