War Powers: The Politics of Constitutional Authority is a 2013 book by Mariah Zeisberg that studies war powers in the United States. The book explores...
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Washington, the first U.S. president, firmly established military subordination under civilian authority. In 1794, Washington used his constitutional powers to...
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The War Powers Resolution (also known as the War Powers Resolution of 1973 or the War Powers Act) (50 U.S.C. ch. 33) is a federal law intended to check...
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the monarch exercises their authority in accordance with a constitution and is not alone in making decisions. Constitutional monarchies differ from absolute...
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separated political powers. John Locke (1632–1704) deduced from a study of the English constitutional system the advantages of dividing political power into...
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Constitutionalism (redirect from Constitutional limits on government)
Political organizations are constitutional to the extent that they "contain institutionalized mechanisms of power control for the protection of the interests...
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four constitutional laws and several amendments, which the latter replaced. According to the constitution, the legislative powers are exercised by the Parliament...
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Clymer (2004), p. 21. Zeisberg, Mariah (2015). War Powers: The Politics of Constitutional Authority. Princeton University Press. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-691-16803-6...
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A constitutional dictatorship is a form of government in which dictatorial powers are exercised during an emergency. The dictator is not absolute and the...
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argued for a constitutional government with three separate branches, each of which would have defined authority to check the powers of the others. This...
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Plenary power (redirect from Plenary powers)
since the ratification of the Constitution. While other Constitutional doctrines, such as the unenumerated powers of states and the rights of individuals...
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Constitution (redirect from Constitutional)
a political organization is constitutional to the extent that it "contain[s] institutionalized mechanisms of power control for the protection of the interests...
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of democracy, political corruption, or state capacity of governments. These are systems in which the head of state is a constitutional monarch; the existence...
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Politics (from Ancient Greek πολιτικά (politiká) 'affairs of the cities') is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups...
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Reserve power (redirect from Reserve powers)
Unlike most other constitutional monarchs, the Emperor of Japan has no reserve powers. Following Japan's defeat in World War II, the Emperor's role is...
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Federated state (redirect from List of federated states)
constitutional community forming part of a federation. A federated state does not have international sovereignty since powers are divided between the...
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Constituent assembly (redirect from Constitutional convention (political meeting))
(also known as a constitutional convention, constitutional congress, or constitutional assembly) is a body assembled for the purpose of drafting or revising...
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Roman magistrate (redirect from Magistrates of ancient Rome)
and the emperor's powers became less constitutional and more monarchical. The traditional magistracies that survived the fall of the republic were the consulship...
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The politics of Cambodia are defined within the framework of a constitutional monarchy, in which the king serves as the head of state, and the prime minister...
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legal authority, in a constitutional monarchy, the monarch is a ceremonial figurehead who has few political competences, in a presidential system, the president...
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The enumerated powers (also called expressed powers, explicit powers or delegated powers) of the United States Congress are the powers granted to the...
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all affairs except constitutional matters, which are the jurisdiction of a separate court, the Constitutional Court. Spain's political system is a multi-party...
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Unitary executive theory (redirect from The unitary executive theory)
law, the unitary executive theory is a Constitutional law theory according to which the President of the United States has sole authority over the executive...
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In political science, a constitutional crisis is a problem or conflict in the function of a government that the political constitution or other fundamental...
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However, after constitutional amendments effectively transferring almost all of the National Assembly's powers to the Legislative Yuan in the late 1990s,...
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Canada is a constitutional monarchy where the monarch is the ceremonial head of state. In practice, executive authority is entrusted to the Cabinet, a...
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presidential powers, potentially leading to a constitutional deadlock in the country. This initiative, perceived as a bid to centralize authority, unfolded...
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Mary II as constitutional monarchs. After a series of bills passed by the House of Commons, such as the Bill of Rights in 1689, the powers of the monarch...
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close union, the nearly complete fusion, of the legislative and executive powers". Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ss 108–9 Constitutional Reform Act 2005...
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The politics of Turkey take place in the framework of a constitutional republic and presidential system, with various levels and branches of power. Turkey's...
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