POLS 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Social Contract, Liberal Democracy, Judicial Activism
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By the end of the week, you should be able to: Define and discuss general role of the constitutions. Why is it important to have a constitution. Social contract = agreement to secure protection (hobbes, locke, Law, acts, legislations, statues, bills created by government enforced by the courts. Defines the various branches and powers of canadian parliament. What are the key additions to the constitution act of 1982. The constitution is significant to political life because it establishes power structure within government of a nation, state or province. As well it acts as a social contract, an agreement to secure protection between government and the people. It gives an outline to a particular set of rules and values for society it self, within a certain nation, state etc. Also it gives a guideline for political authority , an example of this would be the. American government system as it has its executive branch, legislative branch, and judicial branch.