Question

Characteristics of federalism

Answer 1

characteristics of federalism were..

1.A Written Constitution:Since it is an agreement, it must be in the written form so that there are no doubts about the powers and functions of each set of government. A written thing is generally very clear.


2.Rigid Constitution:It means that there should be a definite and difficult method of amending the constitution.In this way it will remain supreme.

3.Sovereignty of the AmendingBody: Since both the federal and the provincial government derive their powers from the constitution,neither can be sovereign. So sovereignty lies with the body which has the power to amend the constitution.

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Answer 2

In federalism power must be shared among more than two tiers of government and the power they got must be independent.