“How do the rule of law and accountability operate within the United Kingdom constitution? Does the reality match your picture of how a democracy should work? Explain your reasoning drawing on relevant material you have studied.” The concept of accountability and the rule of law in UK is a quite controversial topic of discussion. There is too much debate whether or not there is a good resemblance of the doctrine of democracy in accordance with these two topics in reality. Accountability‚ as well
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monarchy and Parliament‚ of British government as well as British sovereignty. Possessing a democratic presidential government‚ the United States has two separately elected agencies of government. The executive and legislative branches of the United States‚ the President and Congress‚ respectively‚ both derive their power from the people‚ whereas in Great Britain only the legislative branch‚ Parliament‚ derives its power from the people‚ as the executive is elected by Members of Parliament‚ thus effectively
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The British democratic parliamentary system of government (termed the Westminster system after the Palace of Westminster‚ the seat of the UK Parliament) is a series of procedures for operating a legislature. It is used‚ or was once used‚ in the national legislatures and subnational legislatures of most Common wealth and ex-Commonwealth nations‚ beginning with the Canadian provinces in 1867 and Australian colonies in 1901. Important features of the Westminster system include the following:
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King’s Great Seal‚ which could use at the King’s permission. The Lord Chancellor was usually a Churchman/ Clergyman. As time went on‚ the Lord Chancellor role became more important‚ as he was now doing things such as representing the monarch in the parliament and
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enabling parent legislation. The Interpretation Act 1967 defines it as ‘any proclamation‚ rule‚ regulation‚ order‚ by-law or other instrument made under any Act‚ Enactment‚ Ordinance‚ or other lawful authority and having legislative effect’. BODY The Parliament and State Legislative Assemblies conferred legislative powers from the Federal Constitution. However‚ only small portion is directly made by these legislative bodies‚ while the larger portion of the legislation emanates from administrative authorities
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in controversial situations. PP are nevertheless important and they are not subject to tough enough parliamentary and judiciary scrutiny and I will support this by examining the available PP and their usage as well as the limited restrains from parliament and the judiciary on their use. History of PP Formally in the UK‚ executive powers are rested in the crown. However in reality this is not the case. Traditionally this was the stance in the UK. However in modern times‚ the most important PP are
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Zidyep Ayuba National Assembly Budget & Research Office yamaizidyep@gmail.com Being an assignment submitted to the World Bank Institute in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Course “Parliaments and Anticorruption”. February‚ 2015 Introduction The National Assembly (Legislature or parliament) is the arm of Government saddled with the responsibility of making laws. As Nwabueze has noted‚ the Legislature is the distinctive mark of a country’s sovereignty‚ the index of its status as a
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for their acts and policies related to the government. Organs of parliamentary form of government: There are 4 organs of the parliamentary form of government: the king or president the prime minister the cabinet or councils of minister The parliament. Executives: There are two kinds of executives in this system The Nominal or Titular Head of State The Real Executive The Nominal or Titular Head of State: Under this system president/King is the nominal executive. In theory‚ he
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Bills‚ where Government Bill is normally introduced by a Minister and Private Member Bill is initiated by a Member of Parliament. A Private Bill is a proposal for a law that would apply to a particular individual or a group of individuals‚ or corporate entity. A Bill will have to go through several stages before it becomes a law. When a Bill is introduced to MPs in the parliament‚ it is called the First Reading. The title of the Bill is read out and copies of it are copied out‚ no debate takes place
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Parliamentary System The word parliament means an event arranged to talk and discuss things‚ from the French word “parler”. A parliamentary system is a system of democratic governance of a state in which the executive branch derives its democratic legitimacy from‚ and is held accountable to‚ the legislature (parliament); the executive and legislative branches are thus interconnected.. Historical background: The first known official use of the term Parliament was in 1236. It described the consultative
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