POLS 3190 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Responsible Government, Provincial And Territorial Courts In Canada, Ultra Vires
4 Nov 2016
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Week8: constitution, judiciary and bureaucracy: judicial review and public. We have a parliamentary system but it"s fused with the federal system. Power, responsibilities are divided between two levels of government. Each level of government responsible for certain area. Evolution of canadian federalism: federalism as an evolving process. Federalism refers to division of powers between levels of government, neither of which is subordinate to the other. Not something static, but in place in 1867. Tends to change in line with socio-economic environment. Kind of federalism we had in 1867 is different from what we have today. Set of fundamental rules, principles, and law put in place to govern society. Defines how society should be ruled, run. All countries claim to have constitution, whether it"s the west, east, developing countries, under developed countries. Only few of them can be called constitutional. Constitutional is only reserved for those societies for those societies that have actually put restrains on activities of the government.
