POLI 200 Study Guide - Final Guide: Public Choice, Structural Adjustment, Millennium Development Goals

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 200
• Professor: Manuel Balan

Document Summary

Afghanistan: political revolutions: changes the rulers, not the framework of society. Social revolutions: brings fundamental economic, political, and social change. Government institutions check the performance of other government institutions to ensure that they work in public interest. Judicial interpretations help determine the meaning of constitutional provisions: constitution act (1867): established canada by uniting its colonies. Constitution act (1982): an act that made the constitution fully canadian and added the charter of rights and freedoms: established the formal constitution as the supreme law of canada. In a constitutional monarchy, the monarch is strictly limited in power by the. Human rights act: common law: a system of law based on precedent. Codified law: based on a comprehensive set of principles (codes: by judicialization, courts start establishing rights themselves, not just interpreting the law, growing political role and influence of the court, compromises judicial independence. Judicial independence: kept separate from other branches of the government.