PS 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: United States Constitution
6 Sep 2016
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Constitution: basically the rules of the game and king of a social contract between the government and society. Constitutional politics: most governments have a constitution. o. U. k. : not actually written down but they do have a constitutional system and their constitution includes all of the laws/rules they have passed. France: their constitution has changed 15 times since 1789. Possible reason: so that nobody could change it. Federal system: layers of governmental power (i. e. federal, state, and local government ) Unitary system: most power is given to the central government. U. k (united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland: great britain includes wales, scotland, and england. o. Politically, the u. k. is considered one country and most power is in london in. However, they are considered shifting some power from london to the provinces and if it happens, they will be a federal system.
