What are the principles of fundamental justice?

Nova Scotia, Canada


The following excerpt is from R. v. Simpson, 2006 NSSC 404 (CanLII):

The principles of fundamental justice are legal principles that are capable of being identified with some precision and are fundamental in that they have general acceptance among reasonable people: Chaoulli v. Quebec, supra at para. 127.

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