PO101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Euthanasia, Warsaw Pact, Political Economy
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Concept update: nov. 1: physician-assisted suicide vs. euthanasia (mercy killing, active vs. passive euthanasia, rodriguez v. british columbia (mc, carter v. canada (mc, parliamentary supremacy. Trump and brexit: two sides of the same coin: nigel ferage: wanted out of the eu, this is brexit times three. It is a bigger country, it is a bigger position, a bigger event : he spoke at the trump rally trying to promote nationalism , he is a nationalist but he was campaigning for trump. Why: he is anti-establishment and trump is anti-establishment . Bexit: citizens of the uk voted on june 23rd 52% to 48% to leave eu, the referendum was organized as non-binding" and advisory: the government does not have to react to the result Ted talk: scotland and london did not want to leave the eu. They could not find a political party that represented them, so it was a protest against the system.
