LAWS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Parti Canadien, Pass Laws, Seigneurial System Of New France
31 Aug 2016
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Class 4 constitution, the law, and state. Constitution: the fundamental law of a political system, because all other laws must conform to the. Constitution, and it gives legitimacy to the exercise of state power. It outlines both the basis of political representation, amendment formula, and the methods by which representative are chosen. It comprises of the constitutional law (written documents and unwritten conventions, which are not legally binding) The project of a confederation with a federalist approach to the division of power between ottawa and the provinces were thus embodied in the. Federalism: a form of government that embodies the principal of territorial representation. It does so by giving regional governments the exclusive right to pass law on particular subjects. No or minimum subordination between levels of government: the constitution of canada (1867 & 1982) - Pm must call the gg to dissolve parliament and to call an election)
