Keywords
Canada. Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; Constitutional law--Interpretation and construction; Canada
Document Type
Article
Abstract
The author argues that there is a close relationship between the scope of the rights guaranteed by the Charter and the standard of justification required under section 1. The broader the scope of a right, the more relaxed the standard of justification must be. A generous interpretation of a right is incompatible with the stringent Oakes standard of justification. However, a purposive interpretation of a right, confining the right to conduct that is worthy of constitutional protection, is compatible with a stringent standard of justification.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Citation Information
Hogg, Peter W..
"Interpreting the Charter of Rights: Generosity and Justification."
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
28.4 (1990)
: 817-838.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.60082/2817-5069.1759
https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/ohlj/vol28/iss4/3
