POL 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Constitutional Documents, Judicial Independence, Case Government
18 Jan 2017
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Final exam will focus on stuff after midterm. Will be question on the working of the parliamentary system in canada. Bureaucracy and civil service work same way at either level. Controls on the bureaucracy: the executive; parliament; the judiciary; the auditor- The principle of judicial independence: laws and rights regime, when there is a challenge in constitutionality of legislation the court weighs in on it. Judiciary is more than legal system: also part of canadas political system, cornerstone is: judicial indepdendence. Judges are not elected they are appointed over and above politics: questions are raised to nomination process of supreme court judges, provinces want input on supreme court judges. It would seem fair to have input from federal and provincial government on judges. Rights regime in canada: 1867-1960: parliamentary sovereignty. We now live in rights culture; but this was not always the case. Canadian citizens entrusted their parliaments (provincial, federal) to protect there rights.
