In order for a law to be passed, the Governor-General must sign off on it. ... A prime argument for formally incorporating the Treaty into the constitution is that due to the Legislative branch being in charge of what bills get passed, parliament have the ability to alter legislation in order to get around the principles of it. A key example of this is the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004, that was passed in order to grant access to the coastal land to the Crown, which Maori believed they had rights to based on the principles of the Treaty. ... In Article 2, the English text stated that Maori lea...

• Word Count: 1420
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Although Miss Bowen maintains the Constitution was philosophically and legally a revolutionary change in government, she rejects the notion the Constitution was a conservative counterrevolution merely because the Founding Fathers sought to preserve order and protect property, and she suggests the revolution was unique in that neither a central power nor a strong man swept into power. ... Her contention that independent state sovereignty was not at issue before 1776 can hardly be reconciled with the Revolutionary argument that individual colonial legislatures were coequal with the British Parli...

• Word Count: 1258
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The First Amendment – indeed the entire Bill of Rights – was not included in the Constitution when it was written in 1787. However, the issue of a listing of rights that could not be infringed upon by the new, stronger national government became a key in the ratification debates. Those suppor...

• Word Count: 2226
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Political culture in the United States is defined as getting laws passed. ... It has the following key features: (i) It is a written document which has its origins in John Locke's notion of - Limited government' (a) laws are written and knowable (b) the property rights of citizens take precedent over government (ii) Madisonian Model rests on federal government with three distinctive branches: • the Legislature (House of Representatives and Senate is Congress) • the Executive (President plus ...

• Word Count: 1384
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Secretary of Defense is saying, "to provide for the common defense" the federal government can conduct the experiment at Maxwell AFB, which is federal property. ... But did Congress pass any legislation that would grant the Defense Department to conduct such experiments? ...

• Word Count: 2056
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Older generations pass on values and beliefs to the younger generations, thus political socialization starts in the family. ... There is a belief within Britain that everyone is born with the same natural rights to life, liberty and property. ...

• Word Count: 2394
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: Undergraduate