PPAS 4130 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Plessy V. Ferguson, Representative Democracy, 18 Months

• School: York University
• Department: Public Policy and Administration Studies
• Course: PPAS 4130
• Professor: Radha Persaud

Document Summary

Brown v board bill of rights 1791. Judicial review - determine the constitutionality of decisions. The legislatures make the law, supreme court in the u. s makes final say, they determine whether something is constitutional or not. Supreme court in canada does not have final say they are able to determine the constitutionality of the legislation; however the legislature has the power to overrule that with section 33. Judicial supremacy abortion case, roe v wade, Courts said abortion is illegal, the states were not allowed to refute or go back against the courts because they had the final say, that is the difference between legislative and judicial supremacy. I believe it is democratic, however, the canadian system is much more democratic than the u. s system, heres why. Democratic in process, the outcome is usually democratic. Judicial review and democracy are both interrelated and has democratic features. Judicial review adopts a system of which uses democratic processes in order to provide.