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Parliament as a Check on Government

Scrutinising the executive is one of the imperative duties of the UK Parliament. It ‘seeks to limit and control the exercise of power by making those who hold the power- the executive- directly and constitutionally responsible to the legislature’. [1] Thus, it monitors power balance by implementing adequate checks and balances of the activities undertaken by the executive. Such measures subjecting the government to different, critical types of scrutiny are necessary to form a coherent, effective and stable authority in […]

The Simple Plurality System

In Brittan the Simple Plurality System (FPTP) is used for general elections. However, the need for an electoral reform has been argued and a referendum on changing the electoral system from First-Past-The-Post to the Alternative Vote will be held on any day before the end of October 2011. This essay will include the problems of First-Past-The-Post and will discuss whether the Alternative Vote would be fairer. First-Past-The-Post or the Single Plurality System is an electoral system in which a candidate […]

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Handyside V United Kingdom

Title: “Freedom of expression constitutes one of the essential foundations of …a [democratic]society…[It]is applicable not only to ‘information’ or ‘ideas’ that are favourably received or regarded as inoffensive or as a matter of indifference, but also to those that offend, shock or disturb the state or any sector of the population.” Handyside v United Kingdom Essay on Freedom of Expression The case of Handyside v United Kingdom (1979) is a prime example of the competing issues faced by the Courts […]

Should there be more or Less Government Regulation?

Topic – Corporate Responsibility: Should there be more or less government regulation? With over 1 million businesses operating in Canada, corporate responsibility is a major issue that should be recognized by citizens within society. In simple terms, corporate responsibility is the ethics and morals of a business. Many corporations in Canada have a tremendous amount of wealth and power. Regulation is essential in order for good government. Corporate responsibility occurs when initiatives taken by these corporations benefit all the stakeholders. […]

Are we Really all Equal?

Are we really all equal? Human beings are different in every way we could think of. We are made to be different, think different and see the world in a different way. The Oxford dictionary (2015) defines Equal as “a person that is the same as another in status or quality”. Before 1994 Apartheid existed in our country, and there was a policy of racial segregation against non-whites. Unjust laws were made like the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, […]

Decentralization and Democratization

Chapter Six Decentralization and democratization in Indonesia: Lessons and Implications The changes in Indonesia have been incremental…We still have the New Order, or most of it. Anyway, the corrosive parts are still reigning in. We have a new administration but the New Order keeps coming back in various ways. Dwight T. King [1] It is a paradox that, in an era when democracy seems to have emerged as the single most acceptable form of political organization, more and more people […]

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