POLS 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: October Revolution
9 Feb 2017
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Constitution is the bedrock upon which all legal and political decisions are made. Constitutions in democratic regimes: set out the structure of government/administration of the state. Election time frame: relationship between individuals/groups. Guarantees rights to certain groups (in canada, anglophones and francophones: limitations. Procedural: limits how government may act in a certain area. Written: system that has a number of key documents that lay out the key principles of the system. Unwritten: no key document, multiple sources that may not be written down (court decisions) Britain: many documents including magna carta, bill of rights, unwritten conventions such as the monarchy acting on the advice of the cabinet. Canada: bna act, constitution act, rulings of scc (unwritten) In the bna act and constitution act, entire body of writing, the term pm is not mentioned. Introduction of what the founders intend to do. Examples: we the people, the great october socialist revolution, an act of union.
