Exam 12: Constitutions, Courts, and Laws

In the United States, Supreme Court judges are ________.

What are three important changes brought about by Canada's Constitution Act, 1982?

What international institution was permanently established in 2002 to deal with the most serious cases involving war crimes and crimes against humanity?

Common law is a system of laws that is ________.

Sharia law is based on the __________.

The United States (1787) and France (1789) pioneered the use of unwritten constitutions.

A constitution establishes the fundamental rules and principles by which a state is governed.

Parliamentary sovereignty has been the basic principle of the American system of governing.

What are three main functions of a constitution?

The notwithstanding clause in Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms ________.

The ______________ was a proposed amendment to the Canadian Constitution that included recognition of the inherent right of Aboriginals to self-government and major changes to the Senate.

The original Canadian constitution, the Constitution Act, 1867, did not explicitly protect most rights and freedoms.

Have governments gone too far in taking strong measures to deal with terrorism?

The Nuremberg trials were convened to try war crimes committed in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s.

The Meech Lake Accord failed because the changes it proposed were not supported by provincial legislatures in _______.

Briefly discuss the arguments surrounding judicial activism with reference to arguments from both sides

The premier of which province threatened to use the "notwithstanding" clause to prevent the legalization of same-sex marriages?

What is meant by judicial activism?

In the United States, the set of amendments to the constitution that concern rights and freedoms is called the ______________.

Which of the following rights are not included in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?