Member of Parliament

European Union comprised of 29 member States (United kingdom, Ireland, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, Spain, Poland, Slovenia, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Slovakia, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Malta, Portugal, Austria, Sweden, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia and Turkey.) Decision-making at the European Union comprises three main institutions; the European Commission (comprises all the member states), the European Parliament (its composition is governed

‘Parliament is increasingly dominated by the executive’. Discuss [16] The word parliament derives from a word loosely translated as ‘to talk’ or ‘to deliberate’. The UK Parliament consists officially of the two Houses of Parliament: the Lords and the Commons and the monarch, which by convention, delegates his or her authority to a group of ministers known as the executive. The role of parliament is mainly to legislate and to govern the United Kingdom through elected representatives. However the

India’s Parliament Indian Parliament is the highest legislative body of India. The parliament is comprised of the President and two houses. The first house, is the Rajya Sabha the Council of States. It is also called the upper house. The second house is Lok Sabha, the House of the People, or the lower house. The Rajya Sabha is a permanent house and cannot be dissolved. There is a maximum of two-hundred and fifty seats in the Council of State. There are two-hundred and thirty-eight members, all of

currency, the Euro. The EU is a unique structure in that it is one of the biggest governing alliances worldwide that has been reasonably successful in its purpose. There are several elements of the structure, such as the European Council, European Parliament, Council of the EU, and the European Commission, as well as many others that help the EU to run efficiently and effectively. One of the most important aspects of the European Union is most likely the European Commission, due to its highly influential

How successfully did Elizabeth manage parliament? During the reign of Elizabeth I, the Privy Council and court were the centre of the Elizabethan government. Although parliament was Elizabeth’s necessary method of legislation and raising taxes, it was far from being a regular part of the governmental system (only being called 13 times during her reign). A leading debate arose when the historian Sir John Neale argued that there was a considerable amount of conflict between MPs and the queen. Whereas

Powers of President of India The President of India is the nominal head and the real power rests with the council of minister. Prime minister is the real head in the Indian political system. However, the President of India enjoys some important powers which are as follows: 1- Executive Powers 2- Legislative Powers 3- Financial Powers 4- Judicial Powers 5- Diplomatic Powers 6- Military Powers 7- Emergency Powers 8- Veto Powers 9- Discretionary Powers Executive Powers (a) The President of India has

conflict between the overpowering Parliament and the King, Charles I. In the beginning of the reign, in 1625, when Charles was 25 years old, he married a French Catholic princess, Henrietta Maria, without consulting the Parliament. Moreover in the 17th century a King could not rule the country without Parliament’s help and recommendation. The

1972 European Communities Act, trumps that sovereignty. This transpired due to the United Kingdom becoming a member of the European Union where EU law takes primacy over national law. With being a member of the European Union it entailed that the key law making body would be that of the European Commission rather than Westminster Parliament. Many European Union regulations can bypass Parliament and

With the presidency established, a major discussion developed within the Constitutional Commission over the powers of the institution. There were two basic alternatives—a strong presidency with a subordinate parliament, or parliamentary supremacy with a nominal presidency. Advocates of the latter model were concerned about the centralization of power in the hands of one person. They argued that a parliamentary model with elections based on proportional representation would facilitate the development

The United Kingdom has five main sources of Law. The first source of Law is UK Parliament who are the supreme legislative branch of the UK. Parliament are responsible for debating and passing new Legislation. UK Parliament consists of The House of Lords House of Commons and the monarchy. A second source of Law is known as Delegated legislation this is when Parliament delegates power to another party over a specific legislation using Legislation known as a parent act. There are three types of this