POLI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Patriation, Responsible Government
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At the formative moment, the people are supreme: acknowledging this fact. Fundamental pact emanating from the will of the people. Elements of promising to make decisions in certain ways: limitations on what governments can do. Social contract is constituted, created something in the beginning. Most entrenched: highly dependent on the constitution. Least entrenched: higher dependency on flexibility: also means more changes, less permanence. Constitution law is generally quite simple: however still needs some form of interpretation. Practical reasons: federalism, most effective protections from abuse. 4 documents that looks like a constitution regime. Two core documents: constitutional act, 1867, british north american act, creates what we (cid:272)all today (cid:862)ca(cid:374)ada(cid:863, constitutional act, 1982, patriation act, no longer require british authority for amendments, these two caputure the buld in what we see today. Sovereignty that make the choice: uk over canada in 1867. Was(cid:374)"t authored (cid:271)y the uk parlia(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, (cid:271)ut (cid:271)y ca(cid:374)ada.
