POLI 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Constitutionalism
4 Dec 2014
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Control of house of representatives and senate plus numerous state elections, ballot initiatives. Shape of politics not only determined by political culture but also by the rules of the game". New flurry of constitution building in europe, iraq, former soviet bloc, afghanistan. The structure of political institutions shapes the conduct of politics and the types of public policy. The fundamental laws, rules, practices that define the basic structures of govt, allocates power among governmental institutions, and regulates the relationship bw citizens and the state. All states have constitutions but these may not be respected by govts. Ex: soviet constitution provided for secession of republics and for a free media. These are the supreme law of the land (section 52 of the canadian constitution) Revolution may bring in new constitution (usa 1776, ussr 1917, eastern europe 1989- Defeat in war (japan and germany after wwii) Secession: bangladesh 1971, czech republic and slovakia 1993.
