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Mindmap von Marcus Danvers, aktualisiert more than 1 year ago
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Erstellt von Marcus Danvers
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(6) Comparisons between US and British constitution
- Strengths
- US
- Codified
- Accountable to
the constitution
- Social contract theory
- Citizens were entitled to a
government that protects there
natural rights
- Citizens were entitled to a
government that protects there
natural rights
- Representation
- Representative government
carries with it own notions, notably
majority rule and the imprecation
there are clear limits to democracy
- Representative government
carries with it own notions, notably
majority rule and the imprecation
there are clear limits to democracy
- Separation of power
- To make show that no intuition
have to much power
- To make show that no intuition
have to much power
- system of check and balances
- Both houses have to
pass the bill but
president can veto it
- Both houses have to
pass the bill but
president can veto it
- Codified
- UK
- Flexible
- effective government
- creates a strong and more effective government
- creates a strong and more effective government
- history and tradtion
- link to the past
- link to the past
- democratic rule
- long unbroken record so the constitution must work
- long unbroken record so the constitution must work
- Flexible
- US
- Weakness
- US
- Non flexible codified
- The separation of power mean that any decision will take time
- system of check and balances
- One part of the system could be particular uncooperative
- One part of the system could be particular uncooperative
- Non flexible codified
- UK
- Potential for elective dictatorship
- Centralization
- Critics for over centralization of government
ineffective check and balances. UK government is
characterised more by the contrition of power than it
fragmentation
- Critics for over centralization of government
ineffective check and balances. UK government is
characterised more by the contrition of power than it
fragmentation
- Weak protection of rights
- Uncertainty
- Have to decipher
- Have to decipher
- Potential for elective dictatorship
- US
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