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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Legislative Branch"”.
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Madison, Hamilton, and Reagan: The Limits of Executive Power in Foreign Policy and the Reagan Intervention in Nicaragua
The distribution of power between the executive branch and the legislative branch in the realm of foreign policy is a delicate balance and one that has been debated since the Founding Fathers met in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787. The debate has gotten no less intense and no less crucial in the …
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The Canadian Nondelegation Doctrine: An Architectural Imperative
Delegation of legislative authority to the executive branch is a dominant practice in the modern Canadian administrative state. This dissertation argues that such delegation is unconstitutional. The unwritten principles of democracy, the separation of powers, and the rule of law – all defining …
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Peremptory Excusal of Judges in New Mexico: Substantive Right, Procedural Right, Both, or Does it Matter?
… of judicial rule-making as a function of the legislative branch and the judicial branch of government. This article argues that the legislature and judiciary reached a compromise on the peremptory excusal of judges in 1985 that the judiciary now seeks to withdraw from. This article questions …
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Have the National Resources Inventories advanced conservation policy?
… conservation-program structure, and the federal legislative branch in its policy-making dimension. In all, I interviewed over 40 experts, looked through nearly 800 speeches, reviewed 47 Congressional hearings, analyzed dozens of databases, and relied on hundreds of internal documents. Conclusion. …
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Lessons for parliament emanating from the state capture commission report: towards a reformed parliamentary oversight and accountability model
… House resolutions that have been adopted by the legislative branch of government? Here, this paper grapples with concepts like amendatory accountability in the context of the doctrine of separation of powers and South Africa's constitutional architecture in general. Finally, a strategic case is …
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The Internationalization of Emerging Economy Firms: The Impact of Corporate Governance and Political Connections
… or past working experience in the executive branch of the government, and legislative connections established through current or past representational appointments in the legislative branch of the government. After comparing the three mechanisms (resources, costs, and personal values) through …
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Securitization : the case of post-9/11 United States Africa policy
… including policy statements, speeches and legislative testimonies are surveyed to identify instances of the claim being articulated that Africa represents a threat to American national security and its legitimation and reiteration by an audience. This study finds that the unified executive …
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Presidential-Legislative Relations and Presidential Scandal
Studies on Presidential-Executive relations fails to empirically analyze whether or not modern presidential scandal can impact presidential-congressional relations. Meinke and Anderson (2001) find that presidential scandal impacts House of Representatives voting behavior on key votes cited by …