Although much more can be accomplished by a very streamlined government, in which one or very

In the Unites States of America Federalism is the basic structure of the American government; it is the distribution and balance of powers between the National government and the States government. In order to obtain a compromise between those who wanted stronger state government and those who preferred a stronger national government the founding fathers arranged and settled for a federal system rather than the alternatives of a unitary or confederal system. While both National and State governments each have specific powers and authority, they also share certain powers and must be able to cooperate effectively with each other.

The United States is currently governed under a federalist constitution and has a deep rooted history of setting up its constitution to accommodate transparency, checks and balance and prevent tyranny. The federalist system of government is divided into the co-dependent central and state government. federalism in the united states give states the power to create their own laws, constitutions, and government structures. As stated in the U.S. Constitution (U.S.), enormous reservoirs of political power are thus derived from the people who reside in the states themselves. (champagne 2017)

The structure of our American Government, was founded in the Constitution of the United States. The Constitution was written to be the “supreme law of the land”, and creates a federal democratic republic, where citizens govern themselves (Our American Governement, n.d). The purpose of our government, is to “establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessing of liberty to ourselves and our posterity” (Our American Government, n.d.). For our country to achieve this purpose our Founding Fathers created three main principles, “inherent rights, self-government, and separation of powers” (Our American Government, n.d.). Government was developed to ensure order in society and protect its citizens, but with all systems there are strengths and weakness, let’s examine those strengths and weakness. Let’s first look at the strength and weakness of the U.S. Constitution.

The United States Constitution created a form of government intended to balance government power and individual rights through checks and balances. A sense of a limited form of government is created through this principle as the Framers wanted a government that would be effective but not too powerful. A limited form of government is effective as it may limit what the government may do but it gives citizens certain rights that cannot be take away. The separation of powers allows duties and responsibilities of the government to be able to be divided into three co-equal branches: Legislative, Executive, and Judicial. Each branch has certain powers to check or stop actions of the other branches. This is similar to a game of American Football shown

Federalism has numerous levels of government in which each of them have their own self-governing authority over some of the policy areas. It helps in balancing the power between the national and subunit governments. Various forms of the government are being observed internationally, including the confederation and unitary government. The Confederal government was the very first form of government the United States had that is held under the Articles of Confederation; in which the states hold the authority over a limited national government. The most common form of government throughout the world is the unitary government in which the national and centralized government holds the ultimate authority. If there was no form of federal government, each individual state would face problems that may affect multiple states. This would lead a central government to come up with a mutual solution that would be beneficial to all the states across the nation or to the ones that need it most.

The European Union makes law for the countries; these laws come under various categories such as treaties; regulations; directives and decisions. Treaties (which are the only primary EU legislation) are binding agreements between the EU countries, setting objectives for EU, making guidelines for EU institutions, how decisions are made and finally deals with the relationship between EU and its member countries. Every action taken by the EU is founded on treaties. These are important because they help EU members become more efficient and prepare for new EU members and introduce new areas to cooperate. These are directly applicable meaning they automatically become laws for the EU member countries. An example of a treaty is the Treaty of Lisbon

The first focus will be on the appearance of NGO's and their efforts both during and after conflicts. This will be followed by the difficulties that such organizations encounter in their efforts to pursue transitional justice. Lastly, the contributions of NGO's and civil society organizations to post-conflict societies still dealing with human rights violations will be analyzed. A better understanding of how these organizations can influence struggling transitional societies and the importance of their ability to bring pressure to state governments to bring about effective change is an important step towards improving post conflict

The American Constitution has served a critical role throughout the history of the United States and has affected the powers of federal and state governments. The Constitution laid out the separation of power in government between three branches and each role that they should serve. Federalism divides power along national and state government with each holding specific duties to working together effectively. Even though some hoped for a unitary system, the U.S political system focused on giving limiting expressed power to national government while leaving rest to

Analysts and legal experts have debated on whether the EU should be a considered as a supranational legal system or an intergovernmental one. However, the current state of the EU is a mixed system, a hybrid of both supranational and intergovernmental elements. It is an intergovernmental organization that has supranational characteristics which often results in tension between the principle of national sovereignty of member states and supranationality of EU law. The EU was established by international agreements signed by member states therefore once EU legislation is passed, it becomes binding on all member states; rules can be made in the EU which have a direct impact on the Member States and thereby also a direct effect on the citizens of the member states. Most disputes about EU primary and secondary laws are decided by a body with a distinct supranational characteristics, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).

Throughout American history, our country has experienced different types of Federalism and has been affected in different ways. Federalism is “a method of government that allows two or more entities to share control over the same geographic region.”(study.com) In other words, federalism helps to keep the balance of government duties and rights by dividing the government into federal, state, and local levels. In addition, the government is further divided into three branches, the executive, the legislative, and the judiciary, in order to divide power and control even more. Although this seems like a foolproof way to ensure no one person or group has more control than another, there have been some speed bumps since the establishment of this system.

Non-Governmental Organizations, otherwise known as NGOs are non-profit and voluntary citizens’ group that is organized as an individual in your own local community, in national communities and in global communities. NGOs are task-oriented and are driven by people with a mutual interest for helping others. Non-Governmental Organizations perform a variation of service and philanthropic jobs such as bringing citizen concerns to governments, advocating and monitoring policies and encouraging political participation through provision of information. Some NGOs are organized around specific issues, such as human rights, environment or health (Definition of NGOs 2014). Some of the NGOs in certain countries are very helpful and NGOs in other countries hinder the improvement of the country. Although the Rwanda and Haiti have some apparent similarities, the difference between the NGOs in Rwanda and Haiti are pronounced.

The United States of America, is a country made up of 50 states. In 1789, George Washington was elected the first president of the United States. At this time, a constitution was introduced that made the USA function through a federal system of government. This system of government was called federal system because it was signed by 13 states that gave up their freedom and independence in order to from a central government. When the 13 states decided to join hands to make one nation, some states decide to keep their policy and trade negotiations and the federal government could only do what the states permitted. This explains why the United States is an example of federalism. This is a system in which the nation shares powers with the lower level of government. The constitution grants two major types of powers to the congress: the expressed and implied. The expressed power of congress stated in Article 1, gives the legislation branch a huge

The United States Federalism is a government system for its power are divided between federal/national government and state government. The constitution allows certain power to the government, and various power to states governments and various power to each other. Each state has their own branches such as legislative branch, the executive branch, and judicial branch. Each state is entitled to authorize, enforce, and decipher laws, just if they don’t breach the constituent.

When it comes to the government it’s important to know its purpose and its responsibilities. The government is an organization that's responsibilities include creating rules, providing many needed services to its citizens, and ensuring the protection of individual rights by maintaining, by some means, law and order. In addition to that, one system of government is Federalism and Federalism is “A form of government in which some powers are assigned to the national government, some to lower levels of government, and some, such as the power to tax, are exercised concurrently” (Jillson 40). This system of government power is divided between a national government and a government that operates in small regions governments. However, in the U.S,

1. Intergovernmental organizations, or IGOs, are players in the international setting, attempting to establish common grounds between the different members, or in other words countries involved (Rourke and Boyer 2010, G-6). Examples of IGOs include the following: “United Nations, European Union, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the African Union” (Wilkinson 2007). Non-governmental international organizations, or NGOs, attempt to make substantial changes and promote their specific values to certain aspects of the world, like human rights issues and the environment, by utilizing their non-association with the government and their NGO status with special access to the media and diplomatic measures (Steinberg 2011, 44; Steinberg