Canadian Constitutional Law #5: The Persons Case! Sunday, Oct 29 2006
1L and Canadian Constitutional Law and Constitutional Law and Erin Morgan and McGill Faculty of Law 5:44 am
The 1929 Persons Case (Edwards v AG Canada), is an extremely important and well-known court case in which Emily Murphy (as one of the famous five) fought all the way to London to gain recognition that the words “qualified persons” in the 1867 Constitution Act include women, thus allowing us to sit in the senate. If you watched CBC in the 90s, you may remember this from yet another important Heritage Moment!
In this podcast, we talk about the role of the judiciary in Canada, the Person’s Case, and the conceptualization of the constitution as a “living tree”.
The Persons Case (Edwards v AG Canada), 1929
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