POLS 1500 Lecture : Week 09 - November 9 - Law and Politics (Outline).docx
27 May 2014
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Interest groups and social movements: review: the rule of law and constitutionalism, types of court systems. Streamlined and more complex: selecting high level judges. Appointment, confirmation, election, and self-selection: different types of law. Entitlements that citizens can claim against the state and other individuals, which therefore confine the content of the law within certain established limits (johnston, 1: marx"s critique of the individualist nature of rights. It is the right of self-interest. : rights as legally-defined entities. Different levels of legal standing: constitutionally entrenched vs. organic statutes vs. sub- national or supra-national codes of various sorts. First amendment: freedom of speech, of the press, and of assembly. Fifth amendment: due process rights; right not to self-incriminate; eminent domain. Review: types of constitutional rules: us bill of rights (1791, rights in canada: Parliamentary sovereignty: parliament"s authority is superior to that of all other institutions of government. 1.
