The Executive
Claim that God had chosen him to rule
What is "Divine Right"?
TRUE OR FALSE:
The prime minister can veto a bill passed by the parliament
What is FALSE?
This committee is responsible for holding hearings and debating.
What is the legislative committee?
The ability to check the executive and legislative branches that the system gives to the courts.
Body of Islamic law still practiced in many countries today.
What is sharia?
The branch of government that performs actions on behalf of the state.
TRUE OR FALSE
In a parliamentary system, it is easier for the executive’s policy proposals to be passed in the legislature
What is TRUE?
TRUE OR FALSE?
Checks and balance, as a system, can make it difficult to get things done.
What is TRUE?
The power of the courts to declare laws and government acts to be unconstitution or illegal
What is judicial review?
A representative who utilizes both the trustee and the delegate models of representation.
What is a Politico?
Position with a mainly symbolic function
Who is the head-of-state?
TRUE OR FALSE
In a parliamentary system, they elect the executive separately from the parliament
What is FALSE?
What is the U.S. House of Representatives?
The type of court that regularly exercises original jurisdiction?
This is intended to keep representatives focused on representing the demands of their constituents.
What are frequent elections?
Who is the head of government?
TRUE OR FALSE
Parliamentary systems have more mechanisms to reinforce party loyalty
What is TRUE?
This feature/tactic used in government allows a senator or a group of senators to talk indefinitely about a bill.
What is a filibuster?
What civil/code law primarily relies on
What is written law?
Having elections does not ensure that the majority’s preference will be selected
What is Arrows Theorem?
These kind of executives can be divided into monarchies and oligarchies
What are authoritarian executives?
TRUE OR FALSE:
In a parliamentary system, they limit the executive’s influence over legislation to a mechanism like a veto.
What is FALSE?
This is what the courts do when they interpret the language and intent of laws.
Legal realists focus on the behavior of police, judges, and attorneys.
What is realist jurisprudence?
This thinker believed that only because a majority of people have an opinion does not make this opinion correct.
Who is Plato?