GNED 1303 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Life Tenure, Bicameralism
14 Nov 2016
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Make sure you have written down a sentence or two about the chief uses of constitutions. Democracy has existed since 1950 in: australia, austria, belgium, canada, costa rica, denmark, finland, france, Germany, iceland, ireland, israel, italy, japan, luxembourg, the. Netherlands, new zealand, norway, sweden, switzerland, and the united. Unwritten do exist even in countries will well established institutions and practices, they are just not prescribed in a single document that has been labeled the (cid:272)ou(cid:374)try"s (cid:272)o(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374)s. Among older democracies, an unwritten constitution is the result of highly unusual historical circumstances. It is a standard practice but older democracies may not have had one. In a federal government, small territories (states, provinces, etc. ) are guaranteed permanence and significant range of authority. Unitary systems: their existence and authority depend on decisions by the national government. Bicameralism pre-dominates but israel has never had second chamber and since 1950 the four scandinavian countries, finland, and new zealand have abolished their upper houses.
