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With Regard to the Relationship Between the Judiciary (Courts) and the Legislatures

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With regard to the relationship between the judiciary (courts) and the legislatures, which of the following is true?


A) Common law overrides case law on the same point.
B) The courts have no authority to affect a statute once it has been passed by our elected representatives in the federal parliament.
C) The courts have no power to declare a provincial statute to be void, only federal statutes can be struck down by the courts.
D) The courts cannot affect the meaning of the statute through subsequent interpretation.
E) A provincial statute could be struck down by the courts for being contrary to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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