POL S101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Treaty Of Lisbon, Constitution, Consociationalism

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State/public law relates to government and it"s citizens. Outlines the formal structure of the state. Specify the powers and institutions of central government. Originally, meant to set out the limits and duties of government, but evolved to set out rights of citizens. Could be meaningful or meaningless, depending on constitutionalism (the culture of rights protection, respect for the rule of law and enforcement of law) Codified constitutions usually are contained in a single document. Even unwritten" constitutions have parts that are written down. Did not emerge from a single moment (where people sat down and wrote down the law) but patchwork of documents evolved over time (ex: british constitution incl. We cannot point to one single document such as in the. Also, consists of non-documented sources/conventions such as executive roles (role of. Codified constitutions tend to be rigid, entrenched with special amending procedures.

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