POL 101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Path Dependence, Horizontal Integration, Vertical Integration
2 Dec 2018
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=if you change the rules, you change the outcomes of the game. Laws= formal rules that are enforceable in court. Conventions=informal rules that are widely accepted but not enforceable in court (routine, norms, procedures) How society or groups within it organize to make decisions. The way rules & actions are structured, maintained, & changed. Includes more than state actors or actors from one level of government: vertical integration with multiple levels of government, horizontal integration with different ministries or agencies at one level, network integration with non-state actors (business, nfp sector) Three founding nations ontario, quebec, first nations: british common law, napoleonic code, aboriginal justice. American influence & example: very unequal in size & power, canada almost a colony of u. s, culturally, economically, politically, leads to our peculiar form of federalism. Direct: constitution act, 1867 & 1982, formal amendments to it. Indirect: british laws & regulations, judicial decisions. Strong central gov"t (legislative union) vs provincial rights.
