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| Parliamentary system: A parliamentary system is a system of government in which the executive branch (the government) is accountable to the legislative branch (the parliament). This means that the government must have the support of a majority of the parliament in order to stay in power. See also Democracy, State, Society, Government, Power, Legislation._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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John Stuart Mill on Parliamentary System - Dictionary of Arguments
Höffe I 358 Parliamentary System/Mill/Höffe: In his reflections on representative government(1), Mill argues, in accordance with the title, for an elected parliament -on the basis of popular sovereignty- and also for a separation of powers with government control. In contrast to the current understanding of representative democracy, however, parliamentary powers are limited. Legislation/Mill: Parliament's task of not only debating ("parleting") laws, but also passing them, i.e. the legislative power, is assigned to another institution, a committee that is responsible for drafting and passing laws. >Political representation, >Legislation. 1. J.St. Mill: Considerations on Representative Government, 1861_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Mill I John St. Mill A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, London 1843 German Edition: Von Namen, aus: A System of Logic, London 1843 In Eigennamen, Ursula Wolf, Frankfurt/M. 1993 Mill II J. St. Mill Utilitarianism: 1st (First) Edition Oxford 1998 Mill Ja I James Mill Commerce Defended: An Answer to the Arguments by which Mr. Spence, Mr. Cobbett, and Others, Have Attempted to Prove that Commerce is Not a Source of National Wealth 1808 Höffe I Otfried Höffe Geschichte des politischen Denkens München 2016 |
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