[POLI 221] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes fot the exam (96 pages long!)

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 221
• Professor: Rick Schultz

Document Summary

De(cid:373)o(cid:272)(cid:396)ati(cid:272) defi(cid:272)it: paul ma(cid:396)ti(cid:374), (cid:862)who (cid:455)ou k(cid:374)o(cid:449) i(cid:374) the pmo(cid:863) centralization. Decrease in committees = based on good faith. Power: ability for a to impose obedience and compliance on b. Political executive: execute and enforce, the gg, pm, and cabinet. Judicial: applies laws, system of court, increased in 1982. Bill of rights: common law for the citizens, non-entrenched. Indian act: s91 of bna act, authority over indians. Charter: enshrined as bor in c1982, government cannot take away freedoms. Pillars of government: institution, nature of the federal system, judicial, governed and the government. Institution: system of rules, defines roles, the structure is the same but relationship has changed shapes: incentives, legitimate authority, imposes roles. Courts: increase in power since 1982, interpretative judicial institution, an alternative, non-entrenched, a. Check, represents diversity (regional), composition of a convention, pm cannot attack court. Constitution 1867: whitaker: between elites, samara: peace between governments. S91: federal government given residual power, does not undermine provincial power (deeming clause)