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Separation of Powers Separation of powers is a basic doctrine in modern democratic government. It originated from the writings of a French philosopher named Montesqieu who in 1748 published a book entitled “The Spirit of the Laws”. He introduced the idea that power of government were three of kinds: the legislative, the executive and the judicial power. In Malaysia, separation of powers is similar with the English legal system in United Kingdom. Based on our Federal Constitution, Article 39,…

Date: 25/5/2018 Introduction Harold Edward Holt, (5 August 1908 – 17 December 1967), was an Australian politician who served as the 17th Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1966 until his presumed drowning death. Holt spent 32 years in Parliament, as well as many years as a Senior Cabinet Minister, but was only Prime Minister for a short 22 months. Family Harold was born in Sydney in 1908, and was the eldest child to…

the ample area of common law has been continuously been shaped and sculptured by the judges to meet the changing needs of society. In some cases Courts have strong deference to parliament while in other cases judges have scolded parliament to change those laws. For example, in RJR-Macdonald v Canada the court asked parliament to change the legislation saying there are limits to judiciary 's deference to the legislature. In R v Kapp The Supreme Court of Canada rejected the claim of the appellants…

numerous structural and institutional constraints, which consequently resulted in a loss for his party in the recent 2015 federal elections . Canada is a parliamentary system, which is a democratic government that is dictated by the legislature (the parliament) alongside the executive power, making the legislature and the executive powers interconnected. Thus, with this system, there are factors that come into play when regarding the timings for elections because there are many key issues that…

The English Revolution of the 1640s was due to political and religious differences that originated during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603). These disputes were between Puritans and Anglicans and between the King and Members of Parliament. A civil war, regicide, and Restoration of the Stuarts in 1660 were the course of this revolution. The first person of the Stuarts dynasty was King James I (1603-1625). He was the King of Scotland for 36 years when he became King of England. He was…

government decided that the American colonies, who benefited the most from this war, should pay part of the war’s costs. To achieve this goal, the British Parliament passed a series of acts designed to pay the debt with colonial assistance. The American colonists were not happy with such tight control. The first act passed by the British Parliament on April 5, 1764 was The Sugar Act, also called Plantation Act, or Revenue Act, with the goal of raising 100,000 pounds, an amount equal…

In the years following the French and Indian War the colonist experienced a sudden change in regulation constrains and authoritative power. The British Parliament placed the debt of the French and Indian War on the shoulders of the colonist and when the colonists refused to pay the dues. As a result the British Parliament decided they would collect the money via taxation. The first tax to be implemented was the Stamp Act: a tax on all printed goods, which included, but was not limited to…

disadvantages. One of the biggest abuses of power the monarchy used against the colonies was the repressive legislation passed as well as the threatening objective of taxation without representation. The taxation and repressive legislation from British parliament cut down on much of the freedom of the colonies. Although the colonies were content with the rule of the monarchy for quite some time, colonists still decided to break with the British Empire and eventually succeeded…

South Africa first began to hold democratic elections in 1994. Then, in 1996, South Africa’s new constitution was created with an equality clause to acknowledge gender parity. This gender parity was reflected in women’s representation in Parliament, which increased from 2.7 percent before the 1994 elections to 27 percent immediately after. In 2009, this number had risen to 44 percent (Hills 2015). Party quota adoption by the African National Congress, the predominant party in South Africa…

federal system of government. Canada follows a multi-party system where many of its legislative practices are derived from the United Kingdom’s Westminster Parliament. Canada has three governmental institutions: federal, provincial and municipal. The federal level of government consists of the Prime Minister, the House of Commons, the members of Parliament, and the Senate. The provincial level of government is led by the premier, who elects MPPs to serve as ministers in the cabinet. The…