POLS 1000 Chapter 6: Chapter 6 The Constitution

• School: University of Windsor
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1000
• Professor: B R O O K S

Document Summary

Representation: a constitution prescribes both the basis of political representation and the method by which representatives are chosen, the basis of democratic representation may be by population, by territory, or by group. 2 privileges as to their use in all institutions of the parliament and government of canada. Community and identity: a constitution is the set of fundamental rules that govern political life in a particular territory. Its rules are operative within the territory and not elsewhere. It may also leave them feeling indifferent: official bilingualism and constitutional proposals that would recognize quebec as a. Distinct society within canada have been 2 of the most divisive constitutional issues in modern canadian history: some features of the constitution unite, rather than divide, canadians. 3: the principles that the supreme court identified as making up the internal architecture of. Canada"s constitution include federalism, democracy, constitutionalism and the rule of law, and respect for minority rights.