Law 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Constitution Of The United Kingdom, Patriation, Responsible Government

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Rule of law: concerns about arbitrary use of power, concerns about instrumentalism, bringing a socially desirable end that we may not all agree upon, promotes law and order, not the show, constitutional norm. Constitution: constitutionalism is the idea that the power of government ought to be limited by the law, limited: A primer on constitutions: constitutional law is concerned with the rules governing the use of governmental power, limited to the government, public law, what is a constitution, written vs. unwritten, flexible vs. rigid. In canada we have a little bit of everything: written, unwritten, flexible and rigid, reflects the values that a country regards as important. Self-government: revolution, regulates the state, customs, responsible government, political parties. Laws: 25 primary documents, conventions, dissolution of parliament, prime minister & cabinet. Set out divisions of powers: granted quebec its distinctive civil law.

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