[PO101] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (67 pages long)
6 Feb 2017
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Constitution: the basic law in a country, out of which the rest of the legislative or legal. Key terms framework brews: fulfill democratic requirements of rule of law, defines; institutions and their functions, basic rights and obligations of citizens, basic source of national law, reflect a (cid:272)ou(cid:374)try"s history and values. Single basic law: unwritten british. Collection of documents and laws used for consulting and interpreting legislation and legal behavior in a country: both canada. Horizontal power relations: different parts of state (horizontal power) Different parts of state analyzed under functional headings. Vertical power relations: different levels of government (vertical power) Unitary system: central go(cid:448)"t has power over regional go(cid:448)"t. Federal system: central and regional go(cid:448)"t each have power. Three branches of government: legislative (law-makers) Queen, senate, hoc: executive (law implementers) Queen, pm, cabinet: judicial (law adjudicators) Presidential - separation of powers: power should be strictly divided among branches, areas of responsibility are different.
