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| | Government - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Under traditional forms of government that ruled most of the world until a few centuries ago, such as monarchy and oligarchy, these powers were concentrated in the hands of one person or a small group of people. | | | Under modern political theory, government is understood as having three main powers: legislative (the power to make laws), executive (the power to implement laws) and judiciary (the power to judge and apply punishment when laws are broken). | | | Within a territory, subnational entities may have local governments which do not have the full power of a national government (for example, they will generally lack the authority to declare war or carry out diplomatic negotiations). |
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| | New Georgia Encyclopedia: Government and Laws of Georgia: Overview |
| | County government is based in the county seat and generally housed in the county courthouse. | | | Local government is the oldest form of government in Georgia, and the city of Savannah is recognized as the oldest government in the state. | | | In Georgia the executive branch of government is by far the largest, with 99 percent of the state budget devoted to its activities. |
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| | Technorati Tag: government |
| | Find Government Schools and Universities GraduateGuide.com is your portal for higher education. | | | The Bundesverfassungsgericht (German Supreme Court) will be deciding next week just how destitute the city of Berlin really is. The city government... | | | Government Find government and trade solutions for your company in the directories at Business.com. |
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| | Federal government of the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Owing to its economic and military strength, the federal government of the United States, the world's sole remaining superpower, is generally considered the most powerful in the world. | | | The federal government consists of executive, legislative, and judicial branches. | | | The government of the United States, established by the U.S. Constitution, is a federal republic of 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and many insular areas, the largest of which are Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and Guam. |
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| | Ben's Guide: Branches of Government (3-5) |
| | The three branches of the U.S. Government are the legislative, executive, and judicial. | | | separation of powers, or three separate branches of government. | | | Yet government under the Articles of Confederation taught them that there was a need for a strong centralized government. |
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| | Cabinet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The leader and chair of cabinet (usually the prime minister, although other titles include premier or chief minister) is head of government and is responsbible for the allocation of ministerial portfolios. | | | Historically, cabinets are the successors of Privy Councils. | | | The day-to-day role of a cabinet members is to serve as the head of one segment of the national bureaucracy, as the head civil servant to which all other employees in that department report. |
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| | Internet Public Library: Law, Government & Political Science |
| | Speakers include politicians and world leaders (present and historical), government representatives, business executives, and representatives of professional, trade, and social justice associations. | | | Hieros Gamos "is the largest and only comprehensive legal site with over 20,000 original pages and more than 70,000 links." Various databases contain information on legal organizations including every government in the world, practice areas, "doing business" guides, news, and online seminars. | | | Home » Subject Collections » Law, Government and Political Science |
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| | MSN Encarta - Cabinet (government) |
| | The principal characteristics of European cabinets are the responsibility of the cabinet to the legislature, and the identification of the cabinet with the government. | | | Members of the Cabinet of the British government constitute the supreme executive authority of the government, and are the sole advisers to the crown. | | | Normally, a Cabinet is formed as the result of a general election, but if a Cabinet resigns, the governor-general may ask the opposition leader in the House of Commons to form a government from the opposition.The prime minister chooses Cabinet ministers from members of the Canadian Parliament, largely from the House of Commons. |
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| | Irish Government - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Government was preceded by the Executive Council of the 1922-1937 Irish Free State. | | | The Government must act in accordance with the constitution. | | | The Government is therefore not referred to as His or Her Excellency's Government. |
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| | Responsible government - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Once the lower house has passed a motion of no confidence in the government, the government must immediately resign or submit itself to the electorate in a new general election. | | | In his report, one of his recommendations was that colonies which were sufficiently developed should be granted "responsible government", a term which specifically meant the policy of British-appointed governors bowing to the will of elected colonial assemblies. | | | The first instance of responsible government in the British Empire was achieved by the colony of Nova Scotia in January-February 1848 through the efforts of Joseph Howe. |
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| | GPO Access Home Page |
| | The U.S. Government Printing Office disseminates official information from all three branches of the Federal Government. | | | Learn about the Federal Government from Ben Franklin. | | | A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office · 732 N. Capitol Street, NW · Washington, DC 20401 |
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| | City Government |
| | The Mayor is the head of the executive branch, similar to the governor's role at the state level and the President's role at the federal level. | | | The other key elected members in our government are the seven members of the City Council, who make up the legislative branch of the City's government. | | | The City of Spokane has about 2,000 employees and operates under a new Mayor-Council, or "strong mayor," form of government. |
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| | Cabinet of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Most members are the most senior government ministers, mainly heads of government departments with the title "Secretary of State". | | | In the Politics of the United Kingdom, the Cabinet is a formal body comprised of government officials chosen by the Prime Minister. | | | In recent governments (generally from Margaret Thatcher), and especially in that of Tony Blair, it has been reported that many, or even all major decisions have been said to be made before cabinet meetings. |
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| | Government of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The affairs of Government are decided by a Cabinet of Ministers, which is led by a Prime Minister. | | | Ministers do not have to be elected to parliament to serve in the cabinet. | | | The Cabinet and the Prime Minister are responsible for their actions to the Parliament of Sweden. |
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| | Politics of Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The prime minister is appointed by the Governor General, but to ensure the continuity of a stable government this person will always be the one who has the confidence of the House of Commons to lead the government. | | | If the Commons passes a motion of no confidence in the government, the prime minister and his cabinet are expected either to resign their offices or to ask for Parliament to be dissolved so that a general election can be held. | | | By the convention of responsible government, the prime minister and most of his cabinet are members of Parliament so they can answer to Parliament for their actions. |
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| | Government of Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | City government is headed by a mayor elected for four years by popular vote. | | | The term "30 percent autonomy" is frequently used to describe local government because that amount of revenues is derived from local taxation. | | | People have a strong sense of local community, are highly suspicious of the central government, and wish to preserve the uniqueness of their prefecture, city, or town. |
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| | Cohabitation (government) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The theory of cohabitation is not limited to France, as a coexistence between the head of state and its parliamentary majority is possible in any country, for example between the Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Prime Minister. | | | For the next five years, the French government and assembly were from the same political background until 1993 when President Mitterand was forced to appoint his opposition leader Edouard Balladur to the post of Prime Minister. | | | Cohabitation in government occurs in semi-presidential systems, such as France's system, when the President and the Prime Minister come from different political parties. |
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| | Government House, Hong Kong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Government House (Chinese: 香港禮賓府;formerly, 香港總督府 or 港督府 in short) was the residence of the Governor of Hong Kong from 1855 to 1997. | | | Government House was previously the official residence and office of 25 of Hong Kong's 28 Governors. | | | The nature of the event under application must be well-matched with the identity of Government House as an important historical monument of Hong Kong and with its status as a dignified location for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government to hold official functions. |
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| | Government House - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Government House in Jerusalem is the former headquarters of the government of the British Mandate of Palestine until 1948, and has since June, 1948 been the headquarters of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization. | | | Government House, Perth is the residence of the Governor of Western Australia. | | | As the office of the Governor, Government House is also used as a metaphor to refer to the Government or the Governor. |
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| | Parliamentary system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Parliamentary systems usually have a clear differentiation between the head of government and the head of state, with the head of government being the prime minister or premier, and the head of state often being an appointed figurehead with only minor or ceremonial powers. | | | Under the parliamentary system the roles of head of state and head of government are more or less separated. | | | Parliamentary systems vary as to the degree to which they have a formal written constitution and the degree to which that constitution describes the day to day working of the government. |
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| | IRELAND FACTS AND HISTORY |
| | All of the judges of these courts are appointed by the president on the recommendation of the government. | | | The government, responsible to the lower house of the national legislature, is headed by the taoiseach, or prime minister. | | | Judicial authority in Ireland is vested in a supreme court, a high court, a court of criminal appeal, and circuit and district courts. |
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| | Republic of Ireland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | As local government units, however, some have been restructured, with County Dublin distributed between three new county councils in the 1990s and County Tipperary having been administratively two separate counties since the 1890s, giving a present-day total of 29 administrative counties and five cities. | | | Irish governments have sought the peaceful reunification of Ireland and have usually cooperated with the British government in the violent conflict with the Provisional IRA in Northern Ireland known as the "Troubles". | | | In the 1990s the Supreme Court interpreted the qualifications in the amendment as allowing abortion in limited circumstances. |
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