Legislative Process Flashcards
according to the principle of separation of power
Presidential Democracy
according to the principle of fusion of power
Parliamentary System
The government’s power will always be a threat to human liberty but a weak government poses a threat to human stability also.
Only true separation of powers can protect human freedom and rights against aggressions of government
Doctrine of Separation of Powers
A person cannot work in two branches at the same time
Separation of Personnel
A branch can check other branches to keep balance of powers
Checks and Balances
Anyone who holds a top executive position (minister or president) must be a member of the parliament
Overlap of Personnel
Parliament or supremacy can pass a vote of “no confidence” to replace the one who do not perform well
Formal Supremacy of Parliament
The adjectives legislative, executive and judicial should be used only as convenient tags for identifying particular government agencies but do not constitute complete and accurate descriptions of what the agencies actually do
Crossing Boundaries
- are official government agencies
- Like juries and appellate courts, they are multimember
- Members are directly elected by citizens
- Members are formally equal
- Decisions are arrived through deliberating on alternatives
- They register decisions by counting the votes of their members
Legislatures
Monopolize the making of statues but not the making of laws
Important segment of the total body of law
Statute Making
Legislature has the power to make and amend the constitution
Constitution Making and Amending
joint houses
Unicameral
Bicameral
consist of the Upper house and the Lower house
Transformative Legislatures
the independent capacity to mold and transform proposals from whatever source into laws
Arena
Formalized setting for interplay of significant political forces in the life of a political system
