Sociology 2253A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Nonpartisanism, Responsible Government, Constitutionalism
4 Oct 2018
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Constitional law is concerned with the rules governing the use of government power. Constitutions reflect the values that a country regards as important. Constitutions can be: written or written just because something is writte(cid:374) does(cid:374)"t (cid:373)ea(cid:374) its (cid:272)lear flexible or rigid (can be changed with ease or can be more challenging) In canada, we have written and unwritten constitutions, we also have rigid and flexible. Conventions= dissolution of parliament prime minister and cabinet. Our constitution is around 25 different documents of amendments etc. A canadian history lesson: pre-confederation- canada was a small population and was very scattered, trying to think of how to have self government. There was also a threat from war with the usa. Canada really wanted to form a union: 1867 british north america act (on, qb, ns, nb). It was home made, it reflected the values of the people at the time. Up until 1981, it did 12 things including.
