POLS 3130 Study Guide - Final Guide: Distinct Society, Therapeutic Abortion Committee, Fundamental Justice

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3130
• Professor: Troy Riddell

Document Summary

Do interveners matter? one supreme court justice suggested they were usually not helpful because they were too political," another justice thought they were often valuable" because they brought ideas distinct from the parties in the case: a third justice suggested the usefulness of interveners depends on the group but that some groups made a valuable contribution because some have considerably more expertise in a particular area than counsel for the litigants". Key offices of government, role of each branch of government: division of power, if any, between central government and states/provinces (e. g. is the country unitary or federal; is there aboriginal self government, relationship between citizens and states (e. g. how many rights, if any, do citizens have; aboriginal self government?) Symbolic dimensions: nature of our political community, constitutions have symbolic meaning, which may be intertwined with practical issues of power and governance (e. g. should quebec be called a distinct society or not, aboriginal self government, etc. )