Law 3101A/B Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Legal Culture, Constitution
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Executives take responsibility for at least four main elements. Intrainstitutional checks within the executive (horizontal: collegial executive, different actors act as head of state/chief of executive, dual executive, composed of a distinct head of state and a distinct head of government, term limits. Delegation: requires the central government to refer decision-making and administrative responsibilities for various public functions to another level of government, (principle-agent relationship, central government acts as principle and the local organ acts as an agent. Involves a certain degree of self-governance in the implementation of such competences transferring power to appoint representatives and a political leadership from the central government to local governments. Transferring the authority to structure government at the regional of local level. Concerns the degree of financial autonomy between public actors. The legal system impacts the style of judicial/constitutional review. Impacts the content, norms, principles, practices utilized for constitutional review. Different roles were provided for the courts and the legislator in the different systems.
