POLSCI 2D03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sanity Check, Voer, Article Four Of The United States Constitution
30 Mar 2015
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Opposite (decetraized; more power in hands of regional governemmt systems, then most other countries) Ironic, us written consititution written for decentralized, there is a strong central govt (canada. Reasons for decentralization: (a) (b) (c) (d) Judicial body of nouse of lourds (in uk); colonial authority; highest court in canda until. 1933 in criminal matters, and all other matters till 49; narrow in relation to federal power, where we thought things should be read broads (overtrade in commerce), jcpc took narrow; federal govt could overrule 91 92. Geography would take days for info to travel across the country; governance could wait reason to devolge control from center, bc it was too far away from a geographic position. July 1 1867 canada; we weren"t indpt, bnaa was a small step towards independence, but it wasn"t independence itself, put powers btwn federal and provinal governments; its been a slow and evolutionary process where acnada became more authonmous.
