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Who Makes The Laws?

2019/3/29
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But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

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This chapter explains the concept of democracy and how laws are made in democratic countries, including the differences between direct and representative democracies, and the role of constitutional monarchies.

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Who makes the laws? That's what 5-year-old Paxton from Kelowna, British Columbia wants to know! We learn about laws with Mike Doyle of the Canadian organization Civix, and Syl Sobel, author of How the U.S. Government Works. We also answer a question from Charlotte in North Carolina: how do elections work? And Hattie in England asks why her country has a government and a queen.