POLS 2300 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Patriation Reference, Patriation, Responsible Government
11 Feb 2020
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Parliamentary democracy: a democratic system in which government executives must be supported by a majority of elected representatives in a legislature. Liberal democracy: a system in which equality, rights, and freedoms are preserved through public debate and free and fair elections. Rule of law: the principle that no one is above the law, and that any powers granted to elected or non-elected officials must be conferred by legislation. Representative democracy: a system in which citizens elect officials to make political decisions on their behalf. Direct democracy: a system in which citizens make political decisions by voting on individual issues. Constitutional monarchy: a system in which the sovereignty of the crown is maintained but exercised by elected officials according to prescribed rules. Crown: the legal concept dictating the supremacy of the monarch over the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government.
