Essays on Parliamentary System

For this comparative research, we selected Spain and Germany, two countries of the European Union with similar political parliamentarian systems. Personification is a distinctive feature of presidentialism and it seems reasonable to examine to what extent this trend occurs in European parliamentary systems today.

The position of political leaders in parliamentary systems is different from the position occupied by them in the presidential republics. Lijphart identifies three characteristics that distinguish essentially presidentialism and parliamentarianism (Lijphart, 2000). Firstly, in a presidential system the executive chief is elected directly by the electors by popular vote and therefore without legislative intervention, so ...

In every country, there are three alternatives to the executive systems. The first system is the “presidential system where the president is the head of the government and the head of state” (Verma, 2009, p. 71). The second alternative of the executive system is the parliamentary system. In the parliamentary system, the president or the monarch can be the head of the state. The third system is the semi-presidential system in where there is both the President and the Prime Minister (Verma, 2009, p.72). The difference between the parliamentary system and the Semi- Presidential system is that the president ...

The Muslim movements after the Caliphate

After the abolition of the Ottoman Empire, and later the Caliphate in 1924, in the modern Muslim world began "non-Caliphate" period. This process was historically logical, because the theocratic form of government suffered a crisis in the Muslim world, where national movement and bourgeois relations were growing. Nominal power of the Sultan still existed, but only in name. In this situation, the Sultan resorted to Pan-Islamism policy, however corrupt administrative apparatus, a weak army and a weak economy, led this policy to the failure. By the early twentieth century in the country were rapidly spreading European ideas and values, ...

A democratic government is where citizens of a particular country are given the mandate to vote and elect leaders who will govern the county for a certain period of time. As such the citizens are given the chance to get involved in electing the leaders of their choice. Additionally, apart from electing leaders, the citizens are also involved in making decisions on other sphere of governance, for instance, issues concerning the promulgation of the constitution by accepting or rejecting a change of the constitution through voting exercise. As such, in a democratic country, the majority group decides how such ...

A Critical Commentary of Chapter 2 in the Book Comparative Legal Traditions In A Nut Shell By Mary Ann Glendon, Paolo Wright-Carozza and Colin Picker. Chapter 2 focuses on the legal structures in civil law jurisdictions as opposed to other legal systems. First, the authors consider the parliamentary system of government that exists in civil law jurisdictions. They also provide a clear definition of what a parliamentary government is and what it entails while contrasting it with the presidential system of government. The chapter reveals the close connection that exists between the parliaments relate with the ‘the government’, which ...

Democracy can be explained as a situation in which case the people have the supreme power to elect individuals they deem fit to lead. In the words of Abraham Lincoln, democracy is a government by the people, for the people, and of the people (Shively, 2005). The current global situation illustrates the majority of countries being democratic in nature while others subvert this option to reinforce anarchy and other systems of government. In this instance, this paper will evaluate two main systems of government, parliamentary and presidential systems in order to determine the level of democracy and appropriateness of ...

1. Overview of Topic This paper aims at discussing the question of the sovereignty of the British Parliamentary system based on the outcome of Jackson v. Attorney General 2005.According the constitutional provisions of the British legislative system there lacks a clear line between the extent of interference between the House of Lords and that of the House of Commons. The ruling of Jackson v. Attorney General 2005 supports this hypothesis based on the structure of arguments presented by the Jury in giving the verdict of this case. This paper intends to use the outcome of this case to determine ...

Kuwait is a constitutional emirate (not kingdom) with a parliamentary system. The leader of the country is called Emir (Amir). Each Emir is the heir of Al Sabah royal family, which rules this emirate since 1752. The first Emir of Kuwait was Sabah I Al-Jaber Al-Sabah or His Highness the first Monarch of Kuwait, the Cavalry Commander from the Tribes of Arabia Chieftain. Nowadays, emirate has three authorities: judicial, executive and legislative. The National Assembly consists of 50 members, who stand for the rights of people. (bbc 29/October/2013)

The Constitution

Constitution in Kuwait consists of regulations and judicial laws, which were adopted in ...

Introduction

A government is the organization arms these are legislature, the judiciary, or the executive. All the nations of the world always need to have a form of government that will help them to avoid having anarchy. Democratic government is that the government that allows the citizens of a nation to manage their government either directly or through the elections of representatives’ .In contrasts the authoritarian government that does not allow direct participation of citizens. There are two major types of democratic governments; these are the presidential and the legislative systems.

The presidential system

The president in this system is the head of state as ...

Constitutional differences between presidential and parliamentary systems are well known, however, the practical effects of these different constitutional arrangements have not received much attention. This article compares presidential and parliamentary systems. These systems are the most popular kinds of democratic governments. They have both common and different features. In both presidential and parliamentary systems, the chief executive person can be impeached from the position by the legislature only that the process is different. The most prominent difference is the way election is done and the debate style. This article gives two best examples of these democratic systems: the United ...

Governance, from a national point of view, refers to the process of decision making for the whole nation. Different countries grant the power to make policies and decisions to different bodies of the government. Likewise, different arms of the government play different roles in a particular country. The three main arms of the government are; the executive, which has its members selected from the parliament and it is answerable to the parliament and the people for any of its actions; the legislature, also known as a parliament, it is responsible making laws and policies for the country; and the judiciary, which interprets ...

Introduction

The debate on the adequacy and sufficiency of presidential versus parliamentary systems has been raging since the fall of the Soviet Union and its communist ideals. Academicians, scholars, and politicians from diverse parts of the world are deeply stratified by the two democratic systems, with each side professing more benefits than the other. The choice of a democratic system for a nation depends on varying factors such as their culture, history, demographic characteristics, and composition of the population (O’Neil, 2012). While each democratic system has its own merits and demerits, I personally think that the presidential system is better at ...

Parliamentary and presidential systems are the two major systems of governments that have been adopted by many countries across the world. While the majority of established democracies in the world have opted for a parliamentary system, the presidential system has been found to be more democratic. In the presidential system, the executive has the stability to execute their constitutional mandate unlike in a parliament system where the legislature can use their powers to upset the executive (Newton & Deth, 2010). This research paper will give a detailed definition of both systems of governments; give a comparative analysis of both systems of government and present a ...

Abstract

The first article majorly focuses on the factors that lead to the lengthening of the duration of the civil war between the government and the rebel protagonists. Many factors are taken into account. This paper is based on the religious and spiritual factors that influence the decision making of a legislator. It majorly emphasizes on the facts that the religious belief of the legislator, the religious credence of the citizens and the spiritual views of the board of the legislator mainly influence the decision making regarding the state. It also focuses on the transition towards democracy, its sustainability and importance ...

Section 33 of the Canadian constitution allows parliament or provincial legislatures to pass a law even though it may contravene some aspects of the charter. As such, it is called a notwithstanding clause or a legislative override. This clause gives the parliament the opportunity to make laws which it believes are better in protecting the rights of the people as opposed to the provisions of the charter. Consequently, the parliaments as well as provincial legislatures are given the power to pass laws and declare them notwithstanding the charter. The laws that are passed by the parliaments and legislatures will therefore not be ...

Abstract

The term business can be used to refer to an activity that done that is profitable and viable. Business involves trading between two or more parties where an agreed price is determined. Trading can take the form of two countries that exchange goods and services through a given system. Singapore has emerged as a business hub due to various factors that facilitate proper business practice between the country and other nations. Trading is an inevitable activity in the community we live nowadays as it facilitates movement of goods and products from one area to another. Business on the global scale has ...

There are different systems of government in use all over the world. The presidential system also called the congressional system is basically a republican system where the head of state who is also the head of government leads an executive branch that is independent and different from a legislative branch. Often titled “president”, the executive cannot dismiss the legislature under any circumstances since it is not responsible to it. Arguably, presidential systems are diverse and numerous and there are laws governing them (Rosenfeld 45). The president who is also the head of state has a fixed term of office by law and ...

The development and modernization of emerging countries and cultures is a complex and many-faceted issue. Without a keen understanding of the cultural mores of the country in question and an excellent grasp of the concept of development, it is nearly impossible to conduct an in-depth analysis of the issue. Countries that are still emerging into modernization may face a variety of different issues, many of which are compounded by conflict, either past or present. Without knowledge of both the recent history of the country and the history of conflict within the country, it is difficult to understand the issues that the country ...

Description of a Parliamentary system

Parliamentary system is a system of formation and functioning of the whole supreme representative body of the state government, based on a number of completely democratic and bureaucratic elements and relationships that interact with each other. The principle of distributing powers between executive, legislative and judicial branches is determining for this governing system, and the legislative unit gets a more privileged position than the other bodies of government. In a Parliamentary system the executive branch derives its democratic legitimacy from, and is held accountable to the legislative unit, thus indicating the supremacy of the elected body in the machinery of state power and ...

1. Provide a graphic illustration of the English and Canadian parliamentary system. Note their similarities and differences.

Graphical representation of Canadian parliamentary system

Differences and Similarities of the two parliamentary systems The two court systems are divided into levels and the highest court is at the top. In the case of the English court system, the House of Lords sits at the top while in the case of the Canadian system, the court highest in hierarchy is the Supreme Court of Canada. Court of Appeal is the second in hierarchy for both countries while different divisions of the court are found below the High Court ...

The French constitution can be changed easily without sentimentality. What this means is that the French government does not consider the feelings of the people towards a particular issue when amending the constitution. The emotions that the people have about a certain law that is about to be considered is not taken into account when amending the French constitution. The results are that some people are usually left sad or unsatisfied when certain laws are amended. When the constitution is amended without sentimentality, the general public feel left out in the process of making such a law. It may appear as ...

England is a constituent country of the larger United Kingdom. The other countries that constitute the United Kingdom include Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The latter three are mere devolved administrations of the larger United Kingdom. This paper would, however, limit itself to England which is fully under the charge of the United Kingdom led by the institution of the Monarch. It should be noted that the Monarchial system of governance in England essentially rests within the Parliamentary system of governance bases on the Westminster model. England, therefore, does not practice absolute Monarchial systems but rather practices a parliamentary monarchial government ...