... Press, Standard Journals Publication Model ( https://dbpia.nl.go.kr/pages/standard-publication-reuse-rights ) Abstract Asserting that American checks and balances have broken down, Lawrence Jacobs asserts that parties must filter out dangerous candidates such as Donald Trump. To do so requires...

... governments to overcome checks and balances and become autocracies. We show that stronger checks and balances are a double-edged sword: they slow down autocratization but may make it more likely. We discuss the empirical relevance of our theoretical framework and its connection to real world examples...

...Daron Acemoglu; James A. Robinson; Ragnar Torvik In this article, we provide a simple theory of equilibrium checks and balances, highlighting why, under certain circumstances, voters may prefer less rather than more checks and balances. At the center of our theory is the following observation...

...: empires, kingdoms, stateless societies, and chiefdoms with centralised authority. These illustrate certain aspects of a distinctive African constitutional identity in the form of traditional checks and balances. The main contention is that the real tragedy today is not so much the European propagation...

..., is habitual fealty to constitutional provisions. popular sovereignty citizenship minority rights checks and balances parliamentary democracy federalism constitutionalism and social transformation constitutionalism and nationalism personal laws and Uniform Civil Code constitutional morality Ambedkar...

... to the allegiance of their citizens. Separation of powers achieves this by structuring cooperation among state institutions in accordance with two imperatives—division of labour and checks and balances. The first imperative dictates (a) that government tasks be assigned to those bodies that can carry them out...

... of adequate checks and balances between the branches. It argues, further, that these dual dimensions of the separation of powers—division of labour and checks and balances—are both underpinned by the value of coordinated institutional effort in the service of good government. This is the separation of powers...

... that has attained surprising success in eliminating hyper-presidentialism by implementing important checks and balances on presidential power; by separating executive, legislative, and judicial power; and by attaining rapidly an astonishing amount of decentralization since 1998. That degree of checks...

...For almost fifty years, astute political observers have warned of the emergence of an “imperial presidency” that threatens the very fabric of our constitutional system of checks and balances. Central to such claims is the president’s power of unilateral action – the power to effect significant...

...The principle of checks and balances is a guiding premise of the American Constitution and of the definition of the presidency and executive power. Where did it come from? Historians portray it as an eighteenth-century concept, adumbrated by Montesquieu and invoked to identify the wisdom...

... of officials and lawyers lawyers and rule of law normative guidance authoritarian rights erosion of rule of law Ferguson Adam Huq Aziz Z threats to rule of law checks and balances constitutional norms horizontal accountability lawyers ombudsman separation of powers tempering power vertical...

... due process separation of powers Latin America Constitutional Court Supreme Court human rights Indonesia Constitution elections Constitutional Court electoral management bodies democracy checks and balances Holding elections that are democratic and that have integrity is a necessity...

... the realist strategy within the state, relying on the competing “ambitions” of the different branches of government to generate a stable equilibrium of checks and balances. As this chapter explains, however, the constitutional version of power-balancing is doubly misguided. One problem, long recognized...

... rights Medicaid and the ACA Promise Zones Promise Neighbourhoods redistributive policies social justice Third Way approaches Federalism Checks and balances Welfare Big government Tea Party In November 2016, Barack Obama was largely expected to ‘turn over the keys’ to Hillary Clinton. Clinton...

...The chapter focuses on the Greek parliamentary system in a comparative perspective from a constitutional and political viewpoint. Main concerns are the constitutional doctrine of checks and balances, the level of parliamentary accountability and scrutiny, and the quality of the legislative process...

... and competences. The chapter explores how governments based on separated (or at least divided) powers work, in a perpetual balancing exercise as a result of the operation of checks and balances. Finally, it discusses independent agencies that are now routinely added to the old constitutional mix of powers...

... for domination by interest groups in its exercise. Democracy has to be more than the ability of the electorate to rid themselves of those who are elected. There have to be checks and balances in operation also between elections. Looking outwards for the test for legitimacy can have the salutary effect of making...

... they have a workable device. The creation of the presidency was a process of trial and error. Constitution of the United States Founding Fathers Franklin Benjamin Hamilton Alexander Madison James Washington George Articles of Confederation checks and balances Committee of States Constitutional...

... and decentralization, it explores the individual principles of good government on which federalism is premised. It reviews how federalism fosters: (1) checks and balances between state and federal power that safeguard individuals against overreaching or abdication by either side; (2) transparent and accountable...