POLI 1119 Lecture Notes - Ochlocracy, Constitutionalism
Document Summary
Guides governance of the state for example, selection of federal cabinet. Describes how a rule should be ran normative. Looking after the best interests of their citizens (prov. Governance should be divided no hierarchy between provincial and federal they are co-equal. Federal govt. does not trump provincial govt. Both derive their authority from the central state. Federal cabinet is regionally elected representatives (except pei, it is small) We constitutionalize the difference (unlike france, where everyone is equally french: democracy. Does not mean majority rule directly indirectly though through constitutionalism. Governments don"t need a majority to win. The vast majority of the population agreeing with the system put in place is legitimate. We elect people to governance and they are free to exercise their discretion (they don"t work for us. We make sure processes are above and beyond reproach: constitutionalism and the rule of law. It is the most authoritated documents in canada.
