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Here is a copy of the worksheet for this assignment: S.C.C. Charter Case Analysis
The purpose of this assignment is to analyze landmark Supreme Court of Canada cases and assess how the Charter has been interpreted.
In groups of 2 -4, create a PowerPoint and oral presentation analyzing the case chosen by your group. Use pictures, headings, captions and phrases to communicate your findings. Conclude with a statement outlining your group’s opinion on whether or not the case outcome/judgment is good for Canadian society.
Here is a checklist for the assignment:
1. Name of Case with Proper Supreme Court Citation: use the Supreme Court of Canada website: http://scc.lexum.org
– Example: R. v. Oakes, [1986] 1 S.C.R. 103.
2. Summary of Key Facts: summarize the key facts and events of the case. Where was it? Who was involved? When did it happen?
3. Charter Violation – identify which Charter right was violated – include the specific section – ie: Legal Rights, section 11 (d)
4. Applicable Laws – identify which laws/policies were being challenged -include the specific law – ie: section 25 of the Criminal Code of Code
5. Issue: in a clear and concise manner, identify the issue(s) decided by the court in question format. See the Supreme Court case examples given to you or, read the case on the Supreme Court website.
6. Case decision or judgment – What was the vote? Was it split? Or unanimous? Was a remedy suggested?
7. Reason for the judgment – Was the rationale given by the judge? What did the dissenting judges have to say?
8. Analysis – Questions to consider:
- What is the implication of the decision? Any controversy surrounding it? Did it set a precedent?
- What impact will it have on Canadian society?
- Court decision in favour of individual rights or the needs of society?
- Wherever possible, apply and interpret legal concepts
9. Extension – (for groups of 3 or 4)- Summarize a case (or two) that was influenced by the SCC decision studied and explain how both cases are connected.
10. Conclusion – give your group’s thoughts and opinions on the main case outcome/judgment.
RESEARCH – You need a minimum of three sources
1. Include a group Works Cited page on the last slide. Please print out a copy from Noodletools as well and hand in to Ms. Campos (they will be marked by Mrs. Montroy)
2. Use the Supreme Court of Canada website as one of your sources, as well as The Canadian Legal Information Institute website (these are both excellent resources; please start here)
3. Include at least two academic sources (that are not from CanLii or SCC) that discuss the case. We encourage you to use one of the databases available on the Database page in Webcat.
In regards to the Works Cited, there are some important points to remember:
– there is more information on the Works Cited page on this website. You may click the link or click on “Works Cited” above in the menu.
– All sources must be cited, including any images from the web or books.
– Please use Noodletools, which is an online citation generator. It is possible to work as a group on both your citations as well as notecards. Everyone needs to make their own account, then ONE group member creates the “project” and “shares” it with other group members. All group members can then contribute to the same “project” to create the final product.
– Also, please “share” the project with Mrs. Montroy, who will show you how to do that.
– Please remember to include the URL (web address) for all websites cited. There is no need to include the URL for articles found in a database.
–all images from the web must be cited. Select “Work of Visual Art” from the options then fill in the boxes. You must also insert, under each image, the first word of image citation in your power point. This is very important!!
– One of the most important steps when using Noodletools is at the end. Once you are happy with all your citations, click on “Print/Export” then “Print/Export to Word”. Then follow the steps to create an amazingly beautiful Works Cited that will look stunning! Please do not cut and paste the citations into a Word doc as the formatting is very complicated and frustrating. Make all changes in Noodletools.
The following information, How to Cite Cases McGill Neutral Style regarding Neutral Citation Format, is provided for your information only (we are not using Neutral Citation Format here at Gladstone)
And remember, you need to ask Ms. Campos or either Mrs. Montroy or Ms. Macdonald if you need help. That is what we are here for!! We hope you enjoy this assignment.