The Constitution of Canada, federalism and "provincial rights"
Abstract
The article discusses the creation of the Dominion of Canada as a federal state and the genesis of Canadian federalism in its first thirty years. In this context, the author explores the main characteristics of the British North America Act of 1867 as a written common law federal constitution and as the basis for centralized federalism. Courts’ decisions are analyzed in the first years of the Confederation, which established rules that determine the structure of government in modern Canada.
Received: 01/01/2018
Accepted: 01/30/2018
Accepted date: 02/27/2018
Keywords: Constitution of Canada, federalism, centralization, decentralization, provincial rights, Judicial Committee of Privy Council
Available in the on-line version with: 27.02.2018
