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== Contents ==
== Contents ==


*'''[[Canada's Laws]]'''
*'''[[Canada's laws]]'''
**[[Canada's laws#Where do Canadians get their ideas about the law?|Where do Canadians get their ideas about the law?]]


*'''[[Canada's Constitution]]'''
*'''[[Canada's Constitution]]'''
**[[Canada's Constitution#Rights and Freedoms|Rights and Freedoms]]
**[[Canada's Constitution#Rights and freedoms|Rights and freedoms]]
**[[Canada's Constitution#Legal Rights|Legal Rights]]
**[[Canada's Constitution#Legal rights|Legal rights]]


*'''[[All Canadians are equal]]'''
*'''[[All Canadians are equal]]'''
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*'''[[Your responsibilities]]'''
*'''[[Your responsibilities]]'''
   
   
*'''[[The rule of law]]'''
*'''[[The Rule of Law]]'''


*'''[[Who makes the laws?]]'''
*'''[[Who makes the laws?]]'''
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*'''[[Levels of government]]'''
*'''[[Levels of government]]'''
**[[Levels of government#Each level of government has different responsibilities|Each level of government has different responsibilities]]


*'''[[Canada has a Queen]]'''
*'''[[Canada has a Queen]]'''

Revision as of 21:20, 25 November 2013

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This is a Clicklaw Wikibook, a collaborative, plain language legal publication that is updated as a wiki and can be printed or downloaded.

Fundamentals of the Law Wikibook from People's Law School is for people who want to know more about:

  • Canad's laws
  • Canad's constitution
  • your rights and responsibilities
  • the Rule of Law
  • who makes the laws
  • levels of government
  • Canad's Queen


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About this wikibook[edit]

About People's Law School[edit]

The People’s Law School is a non-profit charitable society whose purpose is to provide British Columbians with reliable information about their rights and responsibilities under the law.

Suite 150 - 900 Howe Street
Vancouver, BC
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Email: info@publiclegaled.bc.ca

In law, the rules that set out the political and legal organization of a state. The power and authority of the governments, the legislative bodies, and the courts, as well as their limits, all stem from the constitution. In Canada, there are two primary constitutional documents, the Constitution Act, 1867 and the Constitution Act, 1982. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms is part of the Constitution Act, 1982.

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