Legislatures

Constitutional conventions and statutes are central to the New Zealand (NZ) legal system and both play an imperative role. While the two are vital to our legal system, statutes are more important at restraining the Executive in NZ. This essay will discuss the significance of both and argue why I think statutes are more important. A statute can be defined as a written piece of legislation, made by Parliament, which has gone through the processes to become law. Statute law is the supreme form of…

Countries all over the world are run by some sort of government. Each country has its own type of government be it a Democracy, Monarchy, or Dictatorship. Every country needs some sort of government to establish laws and ensure that the country runs properly. Without a government system a country is full of conflict and chaos. Since all humans have desires and have certain things that they want if a country is without a government system stating what is right and what is wrong there would be…

Over the last decades, culture negotiation has been proven to be one of the fastest growing changing systems in business, politics and education around the world. There are many styles of different cultures and different ways on how that nation negotiates. Some negotiation is according to region, nationality and language spoken. I have noticed the U.S. negotiating system is a lot more different than Kenya Africa, in the legal system business, communication skills and education system. In the…

The United States Congress, a bicameral body that is responsible for legislating the world’s most powerful democracy, has consistently suffered from inordinately low approval ratings from the American public. There are multitudinous hypotheses from political scientists that offer postulates as to why this particular branch of government has been burdened by the scourge of popular disapproval. One ostensible consideration in the analysis of this phenomenon is the inherent nature of democracy…

Active citizens in the American political system typically vote as much as they can for who they want to lead the government. The key phrase is "who they want to lead!" When people think about voting, the first thing that comes to mind is the presidential election. The elected official that is supposed to lead is found in the executive branch of government. This is the branch that people seem to care about the most. This is of course because the executive’s responsibility simplified is to carry…

Given recent geopolitical history and the circumstances under which you have decided to form your government, I believe that there are 4 plausible democratic systems of government that you can adopt: Westminster-style parliamentary governance with plurality elections, parliamentary governance with proportional representation, presidential government (i.e. separation of powers), or semi-presidentialism. These forms of governance, although quite different, all aim to provide stability and…

The United States Constitution is a document written to embody the fundamental laws of the United States. The first draft of the Constitution was called the Articles of Confederation, but the colonists quickly realized that the form of government the Articles of Confederation created was not going to work well. Consequently, the colonists held a Constitutional Convention, in 1787, the Constitutional Convention was held to amend the Articles of Confederation, they ended up drafting an entirely…

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Is Rousseau a defender of direct democracy? Critically discuss. In the book ‘of the social contract’ by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Rousseau dissects and tries to understand what or whom gives authorities like kings and law makers their power, in doing so he identifies the general will of which he considers to be the main legitimiser of such powers, as will be looked at in detail later in this essay. Prior to examining this particular concept, I will attempt to address the question this essay is bent…

Embodied in the US Constitution are six basic principles which have continued to provide the framework for our government for over two hundred years. These six principles are popular sovereignty, limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, judicial review, and feudalism. Popular sovereignty means that the political power ultimately rests with the people, so if the people don't approve of the government, they have the right to change it. This principle is included in the…