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principles of fundamental justice [1 record]

Record 1 2012-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
  • Citizenship and Immigration
  • Rights and Freedoms
  • Constitutional Law
CONT

[The Supreme] Court has often stated that in discerning the principles of fundamental justice governing a particular case, it is helpful to look at the common law and legislative history of the offence in question.

CONT

... in the context of a detention review, fundamental justice principles must be kept in mind ...

OBS

The principles of fundamental justice require that each person, considered individually, be treated fairly by the law.

OBS

principles of fundamental justice; fundamental justice principles: terms usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • principle of fundamental justice
  • fundamental justice principle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
  • Droits et libertés
  • Droit constitutionnel
CONT

Les principes de justice fondamentale exigent que chacun, pris individuellement, soit traité équitablement par la loi.

CONT

Pour définir les principes de justice fondamentale qui régissent un cas particulier, il est utile de se reporter à la common law et à l'historique législatif de l'infraction en cause et, en particulier, à la raison d'être de la pratique [...] et les principes qui la sous-tendent.

OBS

principes de justice fondamentale : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • principe de justice fondamentale

Spanish

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