Helen Clark was one of New Zealand’s most effective Prime Ministers to date; the 5th longest serving of our 38 antecedent Prime Ministers (Wishart‚ 2008). In this text one shall learn about Helen Clark’s characteristics as a Prime Minister‚ her achievements during her three terms‚ some of her legislative implications‚ rough conclusion of why Helen Clark was successful as a Prime Minister and some insights into Helen Clark’s personality. Helen Clark was known as an organiser and a “political machine”(Wishart
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government are to follow the Bill of Rights and run Canada for the people. Recently‚ there has been much debate on whether or not the Prime Minister could be considered a “Democratic Dictator”. Democracy “is a foremost issue” and the people of Canada are arguing that one person may hold too much power. After exploring the possibilities‚ I do not believe the Prime Minister can be considered a Democratic Dictator‚ as he/she must be elected‚ have an opposition‚ and every law proposed is voted on in the
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Question For new democracies in the developing world‚ which system—presidentialism or parliamentarism— is more likely to ensure political stability? Why? And do we have a universal answer for all countries? Presidentialism and Parliamentarism are two of the most commonly practised political systems in modern politics‚ whether they be existing in pure forms or hybrid forms. Amongst the two‚ which system is more conducive to the maintenance of political stability‚ particularly in newly democratized
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representation in the parliament forms the government; the leader becomes prime minister or chancellor. Executive functions are exercised by members of the parliament which are appointed by the prime minister. These then form what is known as the cabinet. The parties in the minority serve in the opposition‚ which means they oppose the majority with the right and the duty to challenge it on a daily base. The prime minister has an unstable function as he may be removed from power whenever he loses
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A Constitution simply convey an assurance between the people and the government where it organises ‚ distributes and regulate state power. There have been assorted attempt by countless number of people to render a clear analogy as to what a Constitution is. Amongst them Professor KC endeavoured to delineate about a constitution in his seascape as‚ “the whole system of a government of a country ‚ the collection of rules which establish and regulate or govern the government”1 Contemporary to that
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CONSTITUTIONAL LAW ASSIGNMENT MADE BY: MANSUMYER SINGH B.A.LL.B (2010-15) SEC: A; ROLL NO: 09 A3211110009 DEBATE BETWEEN PARLIAMENTARY AND PRESIDENTIAL FORMS OF GOVERNMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction...............................................................................................................2 The parliamentary system..........................................................................................2 The Westminster model................................
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Political Institutions UK History of political parties The political history of the British Isles. Over the past 800 years has been largely one of reducing the power of the monarchy and transferring authority to a London based Parliament as the sovereign legislative body for all Britain. The original structures were monarchical‚ aristocratic and non-democratic. The growth of political parties and constitutional structures. The growing power of Parliament against the monarch in seventeenth
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Guide Questions: Summarize the article -- Before summarizing the article:CHACHA needed for inclusive growth. I would like you to know that some sentences below are taken from the article. Thus‚ I do not account any ownership on some other lines. The article is about Charter change (CHA-CHA) must be pushed in the Philippines. It sites that our Constitution‚ is not welcoming foreign investors to our mass media and advertising‚ public utilities‚ educational institutions‚ land ownership‚ and exploitation
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the parliamentary systems. Various distinctions between these two types of systems can be distinguished. In a presidential system‚ the president is set apart from the legislative branch where as in the parliamentary system the chief executive (prime minister) is part of the legislative branch (the parliament). A presidential system detaches the executive and legislative body in order to implement checks and balances to restrict the powers between both functions of the government. The president‚
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elected under the electoral college system. In the U.K.‚ although the prime minister usually has the spotlight on political matters and is the official head of government‚ the queen or king is the official head of state. The queen officially signs off on acts of parliament and‚ just as the U.S. president delivers the State of the Union Address every year‚ the queen reads the "Speech from the Throne‚" which is written by the prime minister. In U.K‚ the monarch is more of a
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