Marx Flashcards

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Q

Marx?

A

Ownership of means of production, alienated labour, private property and ideology as mystification

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1848 (a spectre haunting Europe)?

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Political agitation sparked by inequality, harshness of industrialization, power of economic elite

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3
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Absolute power is checked only by?

A

Power of constitution

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4
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The three spheres of government?

A

Legislative
Executive
Judicial

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5
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Montesquieu?

A

When legislative and executive powers unite there is no liberty

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Section 33?

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Parliament or the legislature of a province may expressly declare in an Act of Parliament or of the legislature

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7
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Section 3?

A

Right to vote

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8
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Section 4?

A

Maximum term of all legislatures in Canada at 5 years

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Section 5?

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Legislatures must meet once every 12 months

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10
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Which government power is rising?

A

Executive, especially in national security context

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11
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When is rule of law broken?

A

During emergency, but exceptions may become rule

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Agamben?

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Emergency becomes rule, and distinction between war and peace becomes impossible

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Labour theory of value?

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Surplus produced only through labour so capitalist profit is expropriation, violence

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Habeas corpus?

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For state to obtain a body, they must show it to a court

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State of emergency?

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Exec branch can suspend regular democratic rights/procedures

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