Legislative professionalism is the amount of work and time put into a legislature’s job. This includes the hours‚ whether it is full time or part time; the salary‚ whether it is volunteer or just enough money to live on; and the staff‚ whether there is a full staff or no staff. Usually legislatures with higher professionalism work full time‚ have a salary that he/she can survive on‚ and is well staffed. In Virginia‚ legislatures receive less than $20‚000 which leads to the belief that their job
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Theoretically‚ checks and balance is essentially important between the Executive-Legislative branches in democratic regimes‚ it can prevent power dominate by either one branch which may result to “absolute power makes absolute corrupt and incompetent”-- Duke Clinton. However‚ the central government wants to assure the transition of Macau sovereignty from Portugal to China smooth and stable‚ and on the other hand‚ she also wants to develop a system that is convenient in monitoring Macau SAR government’s
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The Review of Economic Studies Ltd. Financial Intermediation and Delegated Monitoring Author(s): Douglas W. Diamond Source: The Review of Economic Studies‚ Vol. 51‚ No. 3 (Jul.‚ 1984)‚ pp. 393-414 Published by: Oxford University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2297430 . Accessed: 03/09/2011 10:01 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit
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Financial intermediation and delegated monitoring Financial market is channelling funds from people have an excess of available to people who have a shortage. A well- functioning financial market makes great contribution to the high growth economy. The behaviour of business activities and consumers are also affected by the financial market. Financial intermediaries such as banks and other financial institutions make financial market operate properly. Those financial intermediations provide investment
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Subsidiary Legislation Subsidiary legislation‚ also referred to as delegated legislation is the law that is brought into being by authorities‚ persons or bodies other than Parliament‚ under power conferred by either the Constitution or Parliament. The purpose and limits of such subsidiary or subordinate law making powers will normally be set out in the enabling Act of Parliament or the Constitution. There are several reasons why it is necessary to have subsidiary legislation: 1. Pressure on Parliamentary
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Say Yes to Pork and No to Corruption The Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF)‚ better known as “Pork Barrel” is a public fund regularly distributed among the members of the congress to cater to the legislators’ local projects for the development of their particular communities. The “Pork Barrel Scam” is currently a sensitive and obfuscated issue in our country as Pork Barrel is a frequent target for critics who say that it facilitates corruption. They say it makes it easier for politicians
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The Legislative Branch The legislative branch is the most powerful branch in government. The legislative branch is in charge of making and passing laws. They have the power to override a president’s decision‚ stop laws from being passed‚ and basically control all decisions the governments makes. The legislative branch‚ also called the congress‚ consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate. The reason for two houses of congress is to balance out the concerns of smaller but more populated
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Intro to Operating Systems Student: Gabriel Guevara Chapter: 5 Exercises Exercise #2 Give at least two “real life” examples (not related to a computer system environment) of each of these concepts: deadlock‚ starvation and race. Describe how the deadlocks could be resolved. 2 real life examples of the concept of deadlock: A. In a presidential election 2 candidates reach an electoral deadlock when neither candidate get a majority of the 270 electoral votes required to win the presidency
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Unit 402 K4P775 Legislation covering children’s rights and laws covering equality and inclusion within your home country. How these are interpreted and implemented in your local are and within your setting or service. Every child within my and any other setting has the right to be valued‚ treated as an individual and belonging. My role as a child care professional is to ensure that all the children that attend my setting are treated fairly. This is where I refer to inclusion‚ and looking critically
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The bicameral structure of Congress was designed to enable the legislative body and its members to perform certain functions for the political system. These functions include lawmaking‚ representation‚ service to constituents‚ oversight‚ public education‚ and conflict resolution. The first of the functions of Congress is lawmaking. Lawmaking is the process of establishing the legal rules that govern society. This function is one of the two most important functions Congress‚ without lawmaking‚ society
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