Topic 12. Institutions of the United Kingdom, Ejercicios de Derecho

¡Descarga Topic 12. Institutions of the United Kingdom y más Ejercicios en PDF de Derecho solo en Docsity! Topic 9. Institutions of the United Kingdom a .S 9 Overview ™  The Parliament ™  House of Commons ™  House of Lords ™  The Crown ™  The Government ™  Prime Minister, Ministers, Cabinet ™  Administration ™  The judicial power ™  Devolution: institutions of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland The Crown ™  UK as a constitutional monarchy: the Sovereign is the head of state and symbolically represents the nation, but he or she is not the head of government ™  The Crown is a symbolic head of state of the Commonwealth countries: Antigua Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belice, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zeland, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitt and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu ™  Conventions limit the discretion of the Sovereign so that his or her public acts are in reality those of ministers ™  Formal but not real powers of the Sovereign ™  Appointment of the Prime Minister ™  Dismissal of ministers ™  Royal Assent to legislation ™  Dissolution of Parliament ™  The “Crown immunity”: the Crown is not bound by statutes The Government (I): structure ™  Government’s structure: framed by conventions ™  The Prime Minister: primus inter pares ™  Ministers: Secretaries of State and other denominations ™  The Cabinet and Ministerial committees of the Cabinet: collective leadership of ministers ™  The Administration ™  Government departments ™  Executive agencies ™  Quasi-autonomous non-governmental organizations: Quangos ™  The civil service The Government (II): powers ™  Legislative powers ™  Prerogative legislation: Prerogative Orders in Council ™  Legislative imitative: governmental bills ™  Delegated legislation: statutory instruments and Order in Council ™  Administrative rule-making (quasi-legislation): rules and regulations ™  Executive powers ™  Foreign affairs relations: treaties and diplomacy ™  Army ™  Pardons ™  Civil service