• In Canadian law, the living tree doctrine (French: théorie de l'arbre vivant) is a doctrine of constitutional interpretation that says that a constitution...
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  • by Never the Bride, performed by Dame Shirley Bassey Living tree doctrine, a Canadian doctrine that says a constitution must adapt with the changing...
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  • The living instrument doctrine is a method of judicial interpretation developed and used by the European Court of Human Rights to interpret the European...
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    constitution, an approach that has come to be known as the living tree doctrine. This is a doctrine of constitutional interpretation that says that a constitution...
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  • born what became known as the living tree doctrine which requires "large and liberal" interpretation, declaring a doctrine of constitutional interpretation...
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    living and breathing document. Living instrument doctrine, similar doctrine in interpreting European Convention of Human Rights Living tree doctrine,...
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  • Canadian constitution, an approach that has come to be known as the "living tree doctrine". The women of the Famous Five included Emily Murphy, Henrietta Muir...
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    of all others. The Court rejected this definition by applying the living tree doctrine used in the famous Persons case, analogizing the exclusion of women...
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    of this phenomenon. Although they believe in the validity of the living tree doctrine, which is the basis for the approach (and the tradition term for...
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  • the predominant school of thought for legal interpretation is the living tree doctrine, under which interpretations can evolve along with the society, to...
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    approach to constitutional interpretation. Reference was made to the living tree doctrine. The Court also rejected the more restricted definition of fundamental...
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    of Canada in the 1980s to establish what came to be known as the "living tree doctrine" in Canadian Constitutional law, which says that a constitution is...
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  • constitutional history of Canada Constitutional debate in Canada Living tree doctrine This is a photograph taken in 1885 of the now-destroyed 1884 painting...
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    appointed to the Senate of Canada. In his analysis, he set out the living tree doctrine of constitutional interpretation that has become a foundation of...
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  • Canadian constitution, an approach that has come to be known as the "living tree doctrine". The five women who initiated the case are known in Canada as the...
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  • Rainer Knopff (category Living people)
    Knopff, "Permanence and Change in a Written Constitution: The 'Living Tree' Doctrine and the Charter of Rights,” Supreme Court Law Review, 1 (1990),...
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  • Persons Case referred to this principle as the "living tree doctrine". In spite of the living tree doctrine, for several decades Canadian courts mostly limited...
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  • development of Canadian law, particularly constitutional law, where the living tree doctrine first laid down in Edwards v Canada (AG) remains a defining feature...
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    Ritu Khullar (category Living people)
    both in demographics and in lived experiences. A proponent of the living tree doctrine and judicial activism, Khullar has advocated for the rights of various...
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    jurisprudence since Morguard Investments Ltd. v. De Savoye since 1930, the living tree doctrine requires that a constitutional provision must receive a "large and...
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    is no longer living, but the term "bodhi tree" is also applied to existing sacred fig trees. The foremost example is the Mahabodhi tree growing at the...
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    The Adam–God doctrine (or Adam–God theory) was a theological idea taught in mid-19th century Mormonism by Brigham Young, a president of the Church of Jesus...
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  • The doctrine of the serpent seed, also known as the dual-seed or the two-seedline doctrine, is a controversial and fringe Christian religious belief which...
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  • the declaration of forgiveness. This doctrine is a unique extension of the priesthood of the believer doctrine. Both in greeting one another and on parting...
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  • Legal realism Legal process Legal formalism Legitimacy Living Constitution / Living tree / Living instrument Opinio juris sive necessitatis Originalism...
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  • Plain meaning rule (category Legal doctrines and principles)
    dissenting): I have been willing, in the case of civil statutes, to acknowledge a doctrine of "scrivener's error" that permits a court to give an unusual (though...
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  • The doctrine of nondelegation (or non-delegation principle) is the theory that one branch of government must not authorize another entity to exercise the...
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  • contrast, Methodist doctrine affirms a belief in justification by faith that offers God's forgiveness, but holds that holy living with the goal of Christian...
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    A Christmas tree is a decorated tree, usually an evergreen conifer, such as a spruce, pine or fir, associated with the celebration of Christmas. It may...
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    village but living secluded, away from all kinds of distractions. Tree-root-dweller's Practice (rukkhamulik'anga) — living under a tree without the shelter...
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