The British Parliament is the oldest in the world. It originated in th 12th century as Witenagemot‚ the body of wise counselors whom the King needed to consult pursuing his policy. The British Parliament consists of the House of Lords and the House of Commons and the Queen as its head. The House of Commons plays the major role in law-making. It consists of Members of Parliament (called MPs for short). Each of them represents an area in England‚ Scotland‚ Wales and Northern Ireland. MPs are elected
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British levied taxes against American colonists to‚ “pay for their own defense. Moreover‚ the funds received from American colonists barely covered one-third of the cost of maintaining British troops in the 13 colonies.” But many colonists believed they didn’t need and didn’t want the British troops to continue protecting the 13 colonies. They did not want to pay for troops to be around just to watch them. Major conflict arose when the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act in March 1765‚ placing a
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and dissolves Parliament and laws are passed in her name‚ the Queen herself plays no part in decisions made in Parliament. She has only little direct power and she generally acts on the advice of the Prime Minister with whom she has weekly business meetings. Unlike many contries Britain has an unwritten constitution‚ not being contained in a single legal document. It is based on statutes and important documents‚ customs and conventions‚ and can be changed by a simple Act of Parliament like any other
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Parliament and Lobbyists Introduction Attempts to influence Government by individuals‚ organizations‚ political parties‚ leaders‚ social campaigners and other interest groups take place in every country by various means‚ such as approaching the elected representatives‚ lobbying‚ petitions‚ legal remedies‚ public protests‚ campaigning‚ etc. In a democracy people have the right to convey their grievances and express their views and seek changes in policy or entail other necessary response from the
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The modern UK Parliament can trace its origins all the way back to two features of Anglo-Saxon government from the 8th to 11th centuries. These are the Witan and the moot. The Witan The Witan was the occasion when the King would call together his leading advisors and nobles to discuss matters affecting the country. It existed only when the King chose and was made up of those individuals whom he particularly summoned. The Witan’s main duty was to advise the King‚ but its assent was not necessary
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The Parliament of India is the supreme legislative body in India. Founded in 1919‚ the Parliament alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all political bodies in India. The Parliament comprises the President of India and the two Houses—Lok Sabha (House of the People) and Rajya Sabha (Council of States). The President has the power to summon and prorogue either House of Parliament or to dissolve Lok Sabha.[6] India’s Parliament is bicameral; Rajya Sabha is the upper
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17 October 2012 Early American History Reaction Paper A Reaction in American History The History of America interests not only me‚ the world on a grand scale. America was a form giver to many of today’s governments looking at what we did in the past things that if you looked upon them today you would say that these are just normal things‚ but in the time period this happened this is nowhere near normal‚ it’s abnormal. Population growth‚ mannerisms‚ transportation‚ a split country
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EFFECTIVE PARLIAMENT; Parliaments organize themselves effectively to carry out their key functions. Although ‘effectiveness’ may not at first sight seem a distinctively democratic value‚ it becomes so where the functions performed are those necessary to the working of the democratic process: law making‚ oversight of the executive‚ financial control‚ and so on. Electorates are not well served if parliaments do not have sufficient resources to carry out these functions‚ or are wasteful or ineffective
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Mother of Parliaments Great Britain is known as Mother of Parliaments. This is because in the Western world since the downfall of Rome‚ she was the first to introduce a workable body‚ an assembly of elected representatives of the people with the authority to resolve social and economic problems by free debate leading to the making of law. The Parliament‚ consisting of the House of Commons and the House of Lords‚ is the centre of British politics. One of the fundamental principles of the unwritten
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In the seventeenth century‚ the political power of the Parliament in England‚ and the Monarchy in France increased greatly. These conditions were inspired by three major changes: the aftermath ofthe reformation‚ the need for an increased governmental financing‚ andthe reorganizing of central governments. These three points were eachresolved in a different way in both England and in France. The first major point which eventually increased political power wasthe aftermath of the
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