Law 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Parliamentary Sovereignty, Legislature

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Constitutional law: concerned with the rules governing the use of government power, unlike other branches of law that governs obligations between ppl, constitutional law concerns governments, gov dealing with other gov, gov dealing with persons. It sets li(cid:373)its o(cid:374) (cid:449)hat the go(cid:448) (cid:272)a(cid:374) do, (cid:271)y appeali(cid:374)g to a (cid:271)ody of la(cid:449) k(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:374) as (cid:862)the (cid:272)o(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374)(cid:863). Features of our constitution have been developed through evolution of self-gov from colonialism (us was formed quickly through revolution: canada may have constitutional change b/c quebec and aboriginals still feel sovereign within. Canada: constitutions have little value unless both gov and the ppl recognize its legitimacy, consent to abide it and maintain its principles. (sometimes we se the national ideals in a constitution contrast with the reality of that state) Federal state: one that brings together diff political communities with a common gov for common purposes, and separate provincial govs for the particular purposes of each community.

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