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Responsible government--in dilution.
WALTER BAGEHOT, the Victorian expert on responsible government, raised the question in 1867 of whether the English political system was truly one "in which the government was responsible to Parliament, and Parliament was responsible to the electorate". The ideal until then was that parliament, in the exercise of its ultimate power, might remove a government from office, or, when less severe measures were called for, at least check abuses of executive power by insistence upon the censure or resignation of a minister.
The likelihood, however, of the imposition of effective parliamentary checks on power has been greatly eroded by the reduction in the number of ...
- Racism and refugees. (Society).(Statistical Data Included)
- Magazine article from: Quadrant Blackford, Russell April 1, 2002 700+ words
...our political culture, particularly the Westminster system of democracy and the rule of law. In fact...about the details, the rule of law and the Westminster system of responsible government have served us well. Flint's observations...
- Individual ministerial responsibility during the Howard years: 1996-2007.
- Magazine article from: The Australian Journal of Politics and History Raffin, Luke June 1, 2008 700+ words
...Ministerial Responsibility and the Howard Government's Guide When the Australian colonies inherited the Westminster system of responsible government, the principle of ministerial responsibility became part of Australian parliamentary practice...
- Laws against obesity and other sins.(Society)
- Magazine article from: Quadrant Flint, David November 1, 2004 700+ words
...courts, through, for example, a bill of rights? In general, I think not. In our system of responsible government, the Westminster system, the government falls if it loses the confidence of the House of Representatives, or if it cannot...
- The protection of our borders. (Politics).
- Magazine article from: Quadrant Flint, David January 1, 2002 700+ words
...democratic constitutional system for well over one hundred years. While the rule of law and responsible government under the Westminster system were inherited, the Federation was all our own work. Federation was truly remarkable, the...
- South Carolinians for Responsible Government Applauds Introduction of 'Put...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 26, 2004 700+ words
...PRNewswire/ -- South Carolinians for Responsible Government (SCRG), a grassroots citizens...president of South Carolinians for Responsible Government (SCRG). "The legislation introduced...About South Carolinians for Responsible Government South Carolinians for Responsible...
- GOV. MANCHIN ANNOUNCES NEXT STEP IN 'RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT'
- News wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News October 8, 2009 700+ words
...taking the next step toward more responsible government by operating more efficiently and...in 2012, called "West Virginia Responsible Government." It identifies quality of life...plans to meet the goals of the "Responsible Government" initiative. Future year budgets...
- Development of responsible government in the Northwest Territories 1976-1998.
- Magazine article from: Canadian Parliamentary Review Lewis, Brian June 22, 1998 700+ words
...anniversary of the establishment of Responsible Government in Canada but in the Northwest...struggle of Northerners to attain Responsible Government and develop parliamentary institutions...been dominated by the struggle for responsible government. The huge land mass, the sparse...
- The Irish Constitutional Tradition: Responsible Government and Modern Ireland,...
- Magazine article from: The Historian Owens, Gary January 1, 1996 700+ words
...particular model of government, responsible government, played in that search, and has...point definition of the term "responsible government," around which he constructs...became a reality, the north. Responsible government failed there because it was designed...
