Nicole Sundin
Ms. Gossler
Government
14 April 2015
Belgium Government v. United States Government
Belgium is a small country located in Northern Europe, just West of Germany. The government in Belgium is a Federal Parliamentary Democracy. It is held under a Constitutional Monarchy. A Federal Parliamentary Democracy is when the majority party forms the government and a prime minister is voted leader. A Constitutional Monarchy is when a king or queen is the Head of State. “As a constitutional monarch, the Sovereign must remain politically neutral. On almost all matters the Sovereign acts on the advice of ministers. However, the Sovereign retains an important political role as Head of State, formally appointing prime ministers, approving certain legislation and bestowing honors.” (Role of the Monarchy 4) The monarch is a position that is passed down based on heredity. The king/queen appoints the prime minister with the approval of parliament. (Belgium: Government 1) The people of the country don’t vote for their leader.
In Belgium, there are 40 members elected into legislature. They are in charge of creating and passing laws. This is very similar to the way laws are created/passed in the U.S. In the
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Parliament chooses of group of candidates, of which the monarch appoints people from. In Belgium, the courts are only Federal. “Verdicts rendered by these courts may be appealed before 5 regional courts of appeal or the 5 regional labor courts in Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent, Mons, and Liège. All offenses punishable by prison sentences of more than five years must be dealt with by the eleven courts of assize (one for each province and the city of Brussels), the only jury courts in Belgium. The highest courts are five civil and criminal courts of appeal and the Supreme Court of Cassation.” (Encyclopedia of Nations 2) In the U.S, there is the Supreme
Brussels is the national capital of Belgium, Brussels is located in the middle of Belgium. The city was established in the 13th century and is a federal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy which means that each province has the ability to make their own laws or rules for their province. The people of Belgium have ultimate power, and the king has to follow the same rules the people do. These are the similarities and differences between Belgium's government and the U.S.A.’s.
A monarchy is a form of government in which a single individual holds all the power in government. Since 1918 Britain has been governed in a Democratic system but held a lot of the same customs that it had when it was a monarchy (like a royal family etc.). Canada was a part of the British Monarchy when it was still around and unfortunately is still a part of the monarchy system that remains in Britain today. In 1867 the British North America Act was established and formed the Dominion of Canada by Queen Victoria. Since then Canada has grown to have its own customs and traditions but Britain’s crown is unitary throughout all jurisdictions in Canada. Queen Elizabeth the second is the sovereign of Canada she is the head of state; she must remain neutral politically in Canada and govern the people of Canada according to their respective laws and customs. The question too many Canadians today is whether or not Canada should abolish the British Monarchy in Canada. Many Canadians feel the monarchy is considered purely ceremonial and lacks legitimacy; attachments to the monarchy in Canada mostly just exists in older Canadians, younger generations in Canada have different views which support that the monarchy should be abolished in Canada.
The Prime Minister is the Head of Government in Canada. Almost always, the Prime Minister is also the leader in the House of Commons, the assembly of ‘common’ people elected by the population to run government. Multiple steps are required to select a Prime Minister. First, there must be a vote of party members at a national convention that decide who will be their leader. If their party is already in power, or holds the majority of seats within Parliament, the chosen leader will assume the role of Prime Minister immediately. If not, the leader must lead the party through a successful election process to become Prime Minister. The Prime Minister is not elected directly by the entire population through the election. He or she is elected in an indirect manner when his or her party wins an election with the most seats in the House of Commons. The Prime Minister can lead the country for a maximum of five years before another election. However, historically and by tradition, most will call an election within four years depending on their perceived standing among the voters. If after four years, they feel that they are still held in high regard by the general public, and it is probable that they will maintain or enhance their power in government, the likelihood of calling...
Second, the members of the cabinet who are selected by the Prime Minister. They introduce legislation in Parliament such as taxes,
The Netherlands is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government operating under an 1812 constitution with amendments. The hereditary monarch, who has had little power in running the government since the constitution was revised in 1848, acts as the head of the state while the principal executive official of the country is the prime minister. He is appointed by the monarch and heads a cabinet that is responsible to the States-General (legislature). The Dutch parliament, called the States-General, consists of a First Chamber, composed of 75 members elected to terms of up to six years by the provincial legislatures, and a Second Chamber, made up of 150 members popularly elected to terms of up to four years under a system of proportional representation. Either or both chambers may be dissolved by the monarch on condition that new elections be held within 40 days. The Second Chamber is by far the more important of the two; the First Chamber has little more than...
This paper focuses on the nation and state building of Belgium between the Middle Ages and 1830, as Belgium did not exist at that time this paper examines the situation on the territories belonging to current Belgium. The process of nation-state building in Belgium is explained by defining the concepts of nation and state, then by analysing the system of powers in the Belgian territory and, finally by stating whether or not Belgium was a state or a nation during the analysed periods.
In a period leading up to the eventual Independence from Belgium in 1960, several political parties were formed. The populous argued for independence from Belgium due to many decades of brutality and corruption under Belgian colonization. There were many protests and riots fighti...
The monarchy symbolizes unity and traditions, which is unique and treasured to the nation. The monarch universally known as head of the Commonwealth, she is voluntarily recognised as the Head of State to 54 independent countries (The British Monarchy, 2013) The Queen to modern Britain, is an icon, who cannot simply be swapped for an elected politician. The British monarchy has played huge importance in British history, which is integral to our national identity. The Queen reined for 61 years and she provides an existing connection between the past, present and future. This is exactly what a politician could not offer to the public; for instance, Tony Blair, prior to 1997 was unknown on a state level, as he had done nothing significant for the British public. The monarchy’s traditions are famous not only in the United Kingdom but throughout the world. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is the ruler of sixteen other countries including Britain. Whilst the queen receives many privileges as head of state, it does come at a personal cost. Her privacy is limited as she is consistently scrutinized from t...
In a monarchy the successor is bred from birth to fulfill his or her position rather than with an elected head of state who may have considerably less experience, and so the monarchy will know what to do since his father has taught his son, therefore the citizens won’t think that the king is useless and overthrow them, and as you can see the monarchy system has lasted the long in all the government of Ancient
The royal prerogative is a source of constitutional law; it is derived from common law powers that have been handed down from the monarchy to the executive. The significance of the prerogative in constitutional law is that it provides the executive with considerable power to act without following ‘normal’ parliamentary procedures. As Dicey explained, the prerogative is ‘every act which the executive government can lawfully do without the authority of an Act of parliament’.
The power is formally held by her but lent to other people mostly the prime minister of Canada (Justin Trudeau) who is called the head of government. (Liberal Party) (since 4 November 2015). The nature of political system in Canada is a parliamentary. Canada’s parliament consists of three parts: The monarch, the senate and the House of
The Commons House is a community elected by society. They debate on laws. The Senate, which is associated with citizens “...appointed by the governor-general under advice of the prime Minister…” (online.culturegrams.com) either approves, changes, or rejects the laws from the Commons House. A law will be appointed if the Commons House, the Senate, and the governor-general approve. This arrangement works because of the immense population.
Constitutional monarchy is a type of government where the monarch acts as a head of state within the perimeter of a written, unwritten or pleaded constitution (British Monarchist League ,2014). Constitutional monarchy combines some of the benefits of absolute monarchy and representative democracy. For this reason, it leads to the preservation of values, culture, history, and tradition which results in a very unite society. Theocracy is a type of government where God is considered to be the supreme ruler.
The legislature is made up of the House of Lords and the House of Commons. The legislative role involves; making laws and general rules that govern the powers of public authorities that maintain the structure and conduct of the ordinary citizen as well as private institutions. The Queen holds primary authority in parliament, however parliament does not directly make new legislation that is passed by executive bodies which receive their power from parliament. The executive carries out the general policy determined by cabinet. The public authorities role is to implement the law constructed by the legislative body, support social and economic welfare , maintain order and provide security, conducting public services for example; health, electricity. The judicial has the power to administer the law by settling disputed questions of fact and law while observing the law made by parliament and interpreting it court. This function is executed by professional independent judges whose roles are exercised in criminal and civil courts.
It is well known that the British political system is one of the oldest political systems in the world. Obviously, it was formed within the time. The United Kingdom of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the constitutional monarchy, providing stability, continuity and national focus. The monarch is the head of state, but only Parliament has the right to create and undertake the legislation. The basis of the United Kingdom’s political system is a parliamentary democracy. Therefore, people think the role of the Queen as worthless and mainly unnecessarily demanding for funding, but is it like that?