PO263 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Fiscal Federalism, Asymmetric Federalism, Main Source
29 Jan 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Unitary system of gov"n is a system in which all sovereign authority of that nation-state resides in 1 governing body-the national gov"n. May be other gov"ns besides the national one, but these are servants of the national gov"n and it decides how much power it will delegate and can take away that power. In federal systems of gov"n, authority is constitutionally divided between 2 levels of gov"n-neither level has sovereign authority. Each gov"n receives its authority from the constitution. Constitution gives legal jurisdiction over matters of national concern to the national legislature and legal jurisdiction over matters of local or regional concern to the provincial/state legislatures. Modern federalism invents by american founders when they designed the us. Municipal gov"ns fall within the jurisdiction of the provincial gov"ns. The federal and provincial gov"ns are equally subordinate to the constitution (provincial gov"n isn"t subordinate to the federal gov"n)
