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Nevertheless, Alberta has always had the power to change its own internal composition without the approval of the federal parliament (within limits), and has done so on many occasions. For example Alberta has at various times had both a first-past-the-post and a hybrid single transferable vote / instant-runoff voting electoral system.
Various methods have been used to amend provincial constitutions without invoking section 43, but not all have been tested in court. In Alberta, the Constitution of Alberta Amendment Act, 1990 limits powers of the province's legislative assembly by requiring consent of Metis settlement members to change laws regarding expropriation of Metis ...
The Constitution of Canada is a large number of documents that have been entrenched in the constitution by various means. Regardless of how documents became entrenched, together those documents form the supreme law of Canada; no non-constitutional law may conflict with them, and none of them may be changed without following the amending formula given in Part V of the Constitution Act, 1982.
The Alberta Court of Justice is an inferior court of first instance in Alberta, which means decisions from the Court of Justice may be appealed at the Court of King's Bench of Alberta and/or the Court of Appeal of Alberta. The Alberta Court of Justice hears the majority of criminal and civil cases in Alberta. All of Alberta’s criminal cases ...
Selects candidates, interviews, and makes recommendations for Provincial Court judge appointments from a list of candidates provided by the Judicial Council. Justice: Rules of Court Committee Regulatory/Adjudicative Makes recommendations to the Minister on amendments to the Alberta Rules of Court. Justice: Mental Health Review Panel Roster
This is an incomplete list of the continuing acts of the Parliament of Canada. Many of these acts have had one or more amending acts. Many of these acts have had one or more amending acts. 1867 – 1899
Alberta: 2000: 2000–2004: Marriage Amendment Act, 2000 [26] Sections 2 and 7 to 15 (all applicable Charter sections) Came into force, but effectively declared ultra vires by Supreme Court in 2004, [27] so of no force or effect. Notwithstanding clause expired by operation of law in March 2005. [22] Quebec 2001 2001–present
The court originated from the old Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories which was replaced by the Supreme Court of Alberta in 1907 (shortly after Alberta became a province in 1905). The new Supreme Court of Alberta comprised a trial division and an appellate division (essentially, brother justices of the Supreme Court sitting en banc with ...