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Flashcards by linhtran98, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by linhtran98
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| Constitutional Monarchy | A system of government where a single person rule and where political authority is based on inherited positions. Monarch's power are mainly ceremonial and authority to make law belongs to elected represented of people. |
| Federation | The creation of a nation by uniting previously separate states each which retains some power of self-government by also cedes (gives up) some power to a national government |
| Written Constitution | A set of written laws which a state or nation is governed. Constitution may include such things as the principles, power and processes of the political system. |
| Constitutional Conventions | An unwritten practice concerning the power process and procedures of a political system that has general acceptance and is consciously followed in a society's political activity. |
| Common Law | Law that is based on custom or previous judgements of the court |
| Statute Law | A legally enforceable legislative Act that has passed all stages in parliament, has received Royal Assent and has been proclaimed |
| Dual Federation | Federal arrangement where central government and regional levels of government act independently in their respective spheres |
| Coercive Federation | Imbalance of power in federal system, where the central authority effectively dominates the regional level of government |
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