SOSC 2350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Body Politic, Absolute Monarchy, Sea Monster
13 Dec 2016
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Rule of law | Oct 13th 2016
What do we mean by rule of law?
- Liberalism: has its roots in the western age of enlightenment, reps in john Stuart mills,
locks etc.
- How liberals understand the world: comprised of multitude of individuals. There
rational, independent individuals. They have entered into a social contract, for create
the common good. Liberalism emphasized individual ights, and it is very prominent.
Liberalism argues, society that is characterized by freedom of thoughts, imitation on
poe got ad eligio, privacy for the rule of law, free public education, exchange of
ideas, rights are protected by the states. In generally, when we reference rule of law we
mean tot say we have the idea that the law is supreme and nobody is above the law.
When we talk about the rule of law, its about the supremacy.
- In north America, we buy into the idea of rule of law (nobody id above the law). Even if
we do fall short, this notion is still important.
- The rule of law stipulates that the law is equal to everybody. Everyone is subjected to
the law.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn
- Candidate for French president
- President of the IMM
- Accused of sexually assaulting a hotel worker in 2011. The American govt treated him as
any suspect that would. He is a French citizen and happened when this happened. Many
French were outraged of the footage. His stature should have protected him from these
kind of treatment. The NYC police did not agree. This is an example of rule of law.
Check and balances: separation of power is seen as a doctrine
Executive
- Formal Head of State (Governor General of Canada)
- Political head of government (Prime minister/Premier)
- PM cabinet
Legislative
- Parliament (Senate and House of Commons)
- Legislative Assembly/National Assembly (Quebec)
- Executive is responsible to the legislature
Judiciary
- Not responsible to either – it is separated form the two other branches
The law can and must be separated from economics, culture and politics. Legal decision-making
has to be purely legal.
Political liberalism: legal reasoning has to be distinguished from moral and political
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