POLI 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Responsible Government, Bmw M52, Justiciability
20 Sep 2016
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Poli221 the constitution and the formal executives lecture notes. Not just the courts though they have a primary role. Non-entrenched constitutional law: laws that exist but can be changed by simple majority, annulled. Judicial decisions/case law: interpreted laws, s91 and s92, division of power between governments, interpreting the provisions of the charter of rights and freedoms, eg. rights for. Lgbtq: judicial decisions set the rules, eg. As a result of the supreme court decision, the clarity act passed: clear majority on a clear question. Responsible government: notion that the executive government to stay in party must have the support of the majority of the members of the house of. Something that is understood: if the government of the day loses the majority of the house, it must resign. Cannot appoint senators: eg. minstrel responsibility, not written and non-justiciable cannot take the government to court legally set by the supreme court, yet able to violate the constitutional convention.
