POLI 371 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Balance Theory, Party System, New Economics Foundation
20 Nov 2015
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Poli 371: lecture 5: the division of powers: refereeing federalism i (court. Develop recommendation for senate reform at first ministers" conference. # of these safeguards robust fed. diff. ways to protect structural safeguards. 1 structuring within architecture of govt. voters voting and punishing for transgressions or reward politicians for transgressions poli party system party is responsible political safeguards. Disinterest if called upon to adjudicate, don"t have an interest direct in the outcome of the case removed from actual conclusion, don"t care about you in that way, don"t have votes to get. How does a court make its decisions offer reasons we expect, demand that we are given reasons judges don"t exactly say why they have discretion. Division of power start of legal reasoning what do the words say? do they lay down clear lines? what is clearly a transgression? simply impossible to be completely clear on anything great.
