POLS-101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Code Of Law, Distinct Society, Clarity Act

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Constitution
Unitary Government: One level of government has all the power.
(e.g; London).
Entrenchment of Powers: Power is entrenched and very hard to take away.
Unitary is the opposite of confederation.
Federal government has minimum powers while provinces/states have the most power.
Decentralized Federation: If you give the provinces too much power.
Asymmetrical Federation: One or more of the states/provinces has more powers than the other
ones.
Unbalanced powers.
Cooperative Federalism: If provinces/states work together to cooperate and work to better
themselves.
A constitution establishes the framework of a political system.
Fundamental and basic.
1. Include a method of amendment.
How will changes be made?
Flexible Constriction: Go to parliament, pass a law, constitution changes.
Rigid Constitution: Requires special and difficult to emend it.
2/3 in both houses to pass a new law.C
Statute: Written law.
Customs/Conventions: (Unwritten) Law, part of tradition.
The Prime Minister needs the confidence of the house (the custom).
7 provinces must agree to make changes to the senate.
Constitution Act of 1867 - 1982.
Unwritten Constitutions: Customs, traditions.
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Unitary government: one level of government has all the power. (e. g; london). Entrenchment of powers: power is entrenched and very hard to take away. Unitary is the opposite of confederation: federal government has minimum powers while provinces/states have the most power. Decentralized federation: if you give the provinces too much power. Asymmetrical federation: one or more of the states/provinces has more powers than the other ones: unbalanced powers. Cooperative federalism: if provinces/states work together to cooperate and work to better themselves. A constitution establishes the framework of a political system: fundamental and basic, include a method of amendment. Flexible constriction: go to parliament, pass a law, constitution changes. Rigid constitution: requires special and difficult to emend it: 2/3 in both houses to pass a new law. c. Customs/conventions: (unwritten) law, part of tradition: the prime minister needs the confidence of the house (the custom). 7 provinces must agree to make changes to the senate.

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