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This describes the ability of a legislature to openly debate policies and hold an executive accountable.
What is legislative independence?
The country has a head of state who is president, and a head of government who is Prime Minister.
What is Russia?
This country's legislature has all the power on paper, but none in reality.
What is China?
These two countries have judicial review in their constitutions, and actually use it.
What is Nigeria and Mexico?
In this system, the lawmaking and executive functions are combined, allowing the national legislature to select and remove the head of government.
What is a parliamentary system?
In this system, power is concentrated at the national level, and regional governments have little independent authority.
What is a unitary system?
This title is given to the top governmental official in charge of decisions pertaining to the military.
A legislature consisting of two chambers is known as this.
What is a bicameral legislature?
The ability of a court to overturn a law or executive action if it is deemed unconstitutional.
What is judicial review?
This system features separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches and a president who is elected by the people.
What is a presidential system?
This is the group in China that actually has the most power in the government.
What is the Politburo?
Presidents in presidential systems, and the Supreme Leader in Iran can do this. It's like an executive order- laws that don't go through Congress.
What is a decree?
This is a quasi-legislative branch group that veto laws in Iran's legislature if they are not religious enough.
What is the Guardian Council?
This country's Supreme Leader can dismiss any judge, which greatly diminishes judicial independence.
What is Iran?
In this system, a president exists alongside a prime minister and a cabinet, with the president often serving as head of state and the prime minister as head of government.
What is a semi-presidential system?
This group in Iran's 2 jobs are to select and remove the Supreme Leader.
What is the Assembly of Experts?
This refers to the top governmental officials in charge of formulating, implementing, and enforcing policy. Usually part of the executive branch.
What is the cabinet?
This is the title for the leader of the national legislature who is also the head of government in a parliamentary system.
What is a prime minister?
This country's constitution calls for judicial review, but in practice it is not used.
What is Russia?
The United Kingdom is a prime example of this type of governmental system.
What is a parliamentary system?
This country's head of state and head of government has a term limit of one six year presidential term called the sexeno.
What is Mexico?
In parliamentary systems, this procedure allows the legislature to remove the head of government.
What is a vote of no confidence?
This is a weekly event in the UK's House of Commons where the opposition can verbally challenge the prime minister and the majority party's policies.
What is Question Time?
In this country, the court system is used to punish enemies of the political party.
What is China?
Russia's system, where the president can nominate the prime minister and oversee the cabinet, is an example of this.
What is a semi-presidential system?