LAWS 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: The Province, Gun Control, Constitution Of The United Kingdom
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Constitutional context: law, the state, and the constitution (a) reference re secession of quebec. In order to endure over time, a constitution must contain a comprehensive set of rules and principles which are capable of providing an exhaustive legal framework for our system of govt. In our view, there are f our fundamental and organizing principles of the constitution which are relevant to addressing the question before us (although this enumeration s by no means exhaustive) : Federalism was the political mechanism by which diversity could be reconciled with. The principle of federalism facilitates the pursuit of collective goals by cultural unity and linguistic minorities which form the majority within a particular province. Democracy is a fundamental value in our constitutional law and political culture. Democracy is fundamentally connected to substantive goals, most importantly, the promotion of self-govt. Democracy is commonly understood as being a political system of majority rule.
