International Criminal Court

[FiveParadox]

Would it be ultra vires the authority of the House of Commons, or the Senate of Canada, to refer a case to a world court? The Senate in Canada has the right to engage in its own judicial proceedings (which of course is not, and never has been, to my knowledge, used — it is a principle inherited from the House of Lords), so couldn't it refer a case to someone else?

 

[FiveParadox]

It may have been; however, I have checked — the last appeals to the Privy Council do not coincide with the Statute of Westminster.

 

[FiveParadox]

According to Claude Bélanger of the Department of History at Marianopolis College, appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in relation to constitutional matters did not cease until 1949. Click here to review the study.

 

[I think not]

That was a good read Five, thanks for that link, I was always under the impression, that procedure ended in 1931.

Now all you guys have to do is strip yourselves of the monarchy.