POLS 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Caucus, Government Executive, Presidential System
9 May 2016
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Us; president: head of government: canada; prime minister. Legislative sovereignty or supremacy: (westminster); government require assent of legislature. Can"t pass laws that can never be re-examined, because they may be acceptable at the time but can change depending on societal changes: 2. Subject to judicial scrutiny; where the power is given to courts to resolve disputes between levels of government: 3. Mixed model: legislature is supreme but subject to several limitations; supremacy shared with regional governments. Constitutional supremacy and an increased role for courts; all government action must be taken in accordance with constitution: bicameral: two houses of equal status; greater oversight. Or can be symbolic and no democratic legitimacy. Sober second thought, upper house that doesn"t have to be re-elected which can look at the policy for extended time and re-evaluate decisions: unicameral: unitary governments; no need for intra-state representation (federalism).
