HLST 2020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: United States House Committee On Oversight And Government Reform, Law, Constitution Of The United Kingdom
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Chapter 1 choosing the right tools to accomplish policy objectives. Putting instruments in place should assess the use of instrument within general mandate or authority, weather some kind some authority is needed. Clear and measurable objectives must also be established as well as a means for monitoring and assessing whether they are being achieved. Determining whether the chosen instruments should continue to be used as well as for providing a better basis on which to make instrument-choice decisions in future. Should be chosen through a comparative analysis of their costs and benefits, taking into account the answers to the preceding questions. Quasi-constitutional (express fundamental values, override the inconsistent laws) Rules of law that are general application. Under british constitution, includes acts; the constitution act, 1867 and the. Rules that define the legal framework for making laws. The canadian charter of rights and freedoms allows us to answer the question: