POLS 3210 Study Guide - Fall 2019, Comprehensive Final Exam Notes - Quebec, Canada, The Federalist Papers
30 Mar 2019
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Why study the usa (last topic: common refrain - including russell, fathers of confederation not philosophical, but most canadian founders read the same theorists as american founders, blackstone, bagehot, montesquieu, certainly read the federalists. Federal - combination of confederal and unitary: the american founders made this new thing called federalism (a combination) Diamonds observation (last topic: creating something new but using the same word for the new thing, that combines both. "neither a national no federal constitution, but a composition of both" Better federalism via less federalism (last topic: made it into the term that they wanted to create. "weak, unenthusiastic, ambiguous defense of certain federal elements in a constitution primarily national" Pre-1867 constitutional history: royal proclamation, 1763, treaty post-new france, crown, recognition of indian title. Interim: family compacts" & "chateau clique: representative institutions w/o representative government, rebellions in canada (1837-1838)
