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Legislative Institutions

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Law making chamber(s)

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US bicameral house

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is lower, but proportional representation to the Senate (upper)

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Parlaimentary

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legislative without executive authority

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laws are…

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made under the idea of a natural law

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legislatures

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Multimember. Formally equal and decide by voting. Main function is to make laws.

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Other functions of legislatures

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appoint or elect certain officials, act in a judicial capacity , authority to investigate, ombudsman

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parliamentary and presidential system

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pg. 200

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legislative committees

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offer specialization and decentralization

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customs and norms

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US senate folkways: apprenticeship, legislative work, specialization, courtesy, reciprocity, institutional patriotism

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models of representation

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delegate model makes decisions based on constituents wishes
trustee model makes decision on wisdom and reason
politico model a combo of both

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legislative party behavior

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part members form caucuses, meet to set agenda and prescribe issue agenda for party influence and discipline not always there in the real world

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executive institutions

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provide leadership as most recognized gov. figure

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functions of the executive

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diplomacy (day to day implementation of foreign policy), emergency leadership (day to day operational responsibility to manage gov. response to a crisis), budget formulation (budget act of 1921), control military (commander in chief), chief administrator (primary responsibility for managing the agencies that implement gov. programs), policy initiation (most bills that become laws begin as a presidential proposal), symbolic leadership (looking to a specific human being as leader)

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types of executive institutions

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hereditary monarchies (govern on traditional authority. Outdated today, share power with legislative authority), directly elected chief executive (elected by all voters), chief executives in parliamentary system (elected by members), non-democratic executives (national leaders who seize power by undemocratic means)

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limits on executive power

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power to persuade 
Nuestadt pg 228
bully pulpit
term limits
lame duck
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exceeding power

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impeachment or military coup (latin America)

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Institutional complexity

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who has the power?

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mass media and executive power

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monopoly of information provides power/media check and balance in a diverse and free media

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approaches to executive leadership

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the political culture, personality
Charismatic authority- individual’s gift
Traditional authority- based on tradition and culture
rational legal authority- based on established laws
representative authority- based on legal representation
coercive authority- based on use of force

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judicial institutions

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part of gov that regards justice and meaning of law

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judicial functions

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resolve conflict, maintain social control, legitimize regime, and protect rights, offer justice

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concept of justice in natural law

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defines what is unjust

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two systems of justice

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adversarial where judge is there to make sure all is fairly heard
inquisitorial where judge inquires on guilt then goes to trial mostly 100% guilty

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kinds of law

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natural law- moral or ethical and higher power
positive law- devised by humans
basic law- written law/ constitutions
statutory law- prescriptive law/criminal acts, tax
common law-uniform from England to be applied by principles
civil law- laws governing private parties
criminal law- laws against the state or nation

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selections and tenure of judges

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Missouri plan appointed the voter to stay an elected partisan or nonpartisan. Trying to achieve legitimacy.

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hierarchy of judicial institutions

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most countries have multiple layers of trial courts and appellate courts

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judicial review

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the power to hold unconstitutional any law Maybury vs Madison
parliamentary supremacy- if courts just interpret law, In US supreme court decisions make constitutional law

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judicial activism or restraint

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ways to rule on decisions

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