Search results for: “parliamentary system”

  • Representative Democracy

    Representative Democracy in Election Law Democracy in which the people do not exercise power directly but rather through representatives, elected periodically through free, secret and universal suffrage. Concept of Representative Democracy Note: explore also the meaning of this legal term in […]

  • Democracy

    Introduction to Democracy Democracy (Greek demos,"the people"; kratein, "to rule"), political system in which the people of a country rule through any form of government they choose to establish. In modern democracies, supreme authority is exercised for the most part by […]

  • Lift

    Lift-on/lift-off in International Trade Meaning of Lift-on/lift-off (LO/LO), according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): Method by which cargo is loaded onto and discharged from an ocean vessel, which in this case is by the use of a crane.

  • School Life

    Hierarchical Display of School life Education And Communications > Organisation of teaching School life Concept of School life See the dictionary definition of School life. Characteristics of School life [rtbs name=”xxx-xxx”] Resources Translation of School life Spanish: Vida escolar […]

  • Head of Government

    Head of Government Appointed in Constitutional LawFrom the Comparative Constitutions Project: By Head of Government appointment, we are referring to cases where the Head of Government is selected by other government institutions, such as the head of state, legislature, or the courts

  • Head of Government

    Head of Government Appointed in Constitutional LawFrom the Comparative Constitutions Project: By Head of Government appointment, we are referring to cases where the Head of Government is selected by other government institutions, such as the head of state, legislature, or the courts

  • Republic

    Republic (government) Introduction to Republic Republic (government) (Latin res publica, literally "the public thing"), form of state based on the concept that sovereignty resides in the people, who delegate the power to rule in their behalf to elected representatives and o…

  • Economic Community of Central African States

    Economic Community of Central African States or Communaute Economique des Etats de I' Afrique Centrale (CEEAC) in relation with International Trade In the context of trade organizations, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following definition of Economic Community of Central African […]

  • Educational Administration

    Resources See Also Government Government Contract Local Government Public Administration Administrative Law Public Law

  • Educational Administration

    Resources See Also Government Government Contract Local Government Public Administration Administrative Law Public Law

  • Dissolution of the Legislative Body

    In relation to the dissolution of the legislative body and constitutional law, Giacomo Delledonne[1] made the following observation: Constitutional and statutory provisions regulating the dissolution of the legislative body are a key element of parliamentarian regimes, in which the […]

  • No Confidence Vote

    In relation to the no confidence vote and constitutional law, Anna Dziedzic[1] made the following observation: A no confidence vote is a vote taken by a parliament to express its lack of confidence in the executive government. An executive government that loses the confidence of the […]

  • No Confidence Vote

    In relation to the no confidence vote and constitutional law, Anna Dziedzic[1] made the following observation: A no confidence vote is a vote taken by a parliament to express its lack of confidence in the executive government. An executive government that loses the confidence of the […]

  • Executive Branch

    Introduction to Executive BranchExecutive Branch, the branch of the United States government devoted to administering and enforcing the country's laws. The country's laws are written by the legislative branch (Congress), approved by the president of the United States, and subject to…

  • Prime Minister

    Introduction to Prime MinisterPrime Minister or Premier in government, the highest ranking minister and in practice often the chief executive, even though a nation's constitution might provide for a king (monarchy) or a president (republic) as head of state. In most instances the prime …