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Role of US Congress. Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government that represents the American people and makes the nation’s laws. It shares power with the executive branch, led by the president, and the judicial branch, whose highest body is the Supreme Court of the United States Of the three branches of government, … Read more
US Federal Personnel and the Merit System. Those entrusted with the administrative duties are divided into two groups, political appointees and those who belong to the executive civil service. The Secretaries, Under-Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries, bureau chiefs, division heads, members of the boards and commissions form only a minor fraction of all over 2 1/3 … Read more
Administrative Organization of US Cabinet. The Constitution is silent regarding the administrative structure. The framers of the Constitution were not concerned with the organization of the executive branch other than the office of the President. But having provided for the three Departments, Foreign Relations, the Military Forces, and Fiscal Affairs, it was evidently assumed that … Read more
Origin and Nature of US Cabinet. Cabinet, in political systems, and the cabinet system of government originated in Great Britain. The Cabinet of the United States is a body consisting of the vice president of the United States and the heads of the executive branch’s federal executive departments in the federal government of the United … Read more
The concept of UK citizenship is fundamental to the question of rights of residence and freedom of movement of the individual. An individual’s right to enter and remain in a country depends upon his or her status. Under international law no state may deny entry to its own nationals where they are not entitled to … Read more
Historically, the Commonwealth was an evolutionary outgrowth of the British Empire. British Commonwealth of Nations, a free association of sovereign states comprising the United Kingdom and a number of its former dependencies who have chosen to maintain ties of friendship and practical cooperation and who acknowledge the British monarch as symbolic head of their association. … Read more
The Structure of the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom comprises the four nations of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The United Kingdom has a population of over 60 million, of which approximately 84 per cent live in England, three per cent in Northern Ireland, eight per cent in Scotland and five per cent in … Read more
The Constitution in Flux. The absence of a written constitution, allied to the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty, enables constitutional change to be brought about within the United Kingdom with the minimum of constitutional formality. The constitution has evolved in a pragmatic and gradual manner over the centuries. At the current time, however, the constitution is … Read more
Classification of Constitution. When looking for the salient characteristics of the constitution, it is helpful to bear in mind the range of possible classifications which can be applied to any constitution. Professor KC Wheare identifies the following classifications (1966, Chapter 1): written and unwritten; rigid and flexible; supreme and subordinate; federal and unitary; separated powers … Read more
Constitutionalism And Defining of Constitutions.Most commonly, the term constitution refers to a set of rules and principles that define the nature and extent of government. Most constitutions also attempt to define the relationship between individuals and the state, and to establish the broad rights of individual citizens. The Concept of Constitutionalism:- ‘Constitutionalism’ is the doctrine … Read more