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OVERLAPPING DOCTRINE [1 record]

Record 1 1995-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Constitutional Law
  • Federalism
  • The Legislature (Constitutional Law)
CONT

[Under the overlapping doctrine,] there can be a domain in which provincial and Dominion legislative powers may overlap, in which case, a statute enacted pursuant to either power will be intra vires if the field is clear, but, if the field is not clear and two statutes meet, the Dominion statute must prevail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit constitutionnel
  • Fédéralisme
  • Pouvoir législatif (Droit constitutionnel)
OBS

[...] [La notion de] «chevauchement» [...] s'apparente à celle des «compétences parallèles» (distinctes des compétences concurrentes).

OBS

Observation tirée textuellement de la «Ottawa Law Review» et proposée par M. Reynald Boult, bibliothécaire à la bibliothèque de la Cour suprême du Canada.

Spanish

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