Separation of Powers
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- Created on: 07-02-22 18:14
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- Examples of overlap within the separation of powers
- The executive and other branches
- Government have the power to enact and delegate legislation. This can be seen as a legislative power
- Legislature and other branches
- There is very little separation between Parliament (Legislature and central government (executive)
- Government is established from Parliament following a general election
- Appointed government ministers sit within Parliament
- Government is established from Parliament following a general election
- The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 stops Lords, Judges, members of the army etc. from sitting in the Houses of Commons. This helps to lessen the overlap
- Government ministers in Parliament are reduced to a maximum of 30
- The existence of the HoL also provides separation as they are unelected members of the legislature
- There is very little separation between Parliament (Legislature and central government (executive)
- Legislature and other branches
- Government ministers in Parliament are limited to 30
- PMQs act as a system of checks and balances against the executive to ensure the government are being held to account
- Select Committees scrutinise the government by investigating their actions
- General Elections
- Parliament has the power to make laws affecting the courts
- The Judiciary and other branches
- The constitutional reform Act 2005 helped separate legislature and judiciary by making the UKSC a separate institution to what it was prior; The HoL
- The executive and judiciary exist fairly separately by nature
- The executive and other branches
- Government have the power to enact and delegate legislation. This can be seen as a legislative power
- Legislature and other branches
- There is very little separation between Parliament (Legislature and central government (executive)
- Government is established from Parliament following a general election
- Appointed government ministers sit within Parliament
- Government is established from Parliament following a general election
- The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 stops Lords, Judges, members of the army etc. from sitting in the Houses of Commons. This helps to lessen the overlap
- Government ministers in Parliament are reduced to a maximum of 30
- The existence of the HoL also provides separation as they are unelected members of the legislature
- There is very little separation between Parliament (Legislature and central government (executive)
- Legislature and other branches
- Government ministers in Parliament are limited to 30
- PMQs act as a system of checks and balances against the executive to ensure the government are being held to account
- Select Committees scrutinise the government by investigating their actions
- General Elections
- Parliament has the power to make laws affecting the courts
- The Judiciary and other branches
- The constitutional reform Act 2005 helped separate legislature and judiciary by making the UKSC a separate institution to what it was prior; The HoL
- The executive and judiciary exist fairly separately by nature
- Pre-2005 there was a severe overlap between the legislature and judiciary. The Constitutional Reform act was necessary if the Rule of Law was to be respected
- They tell the courts how far they can go in their judicial law making ability
- Section 3 of the Human Rights Act is an example
- The Judiciary and other branches
- Government have the power to enact and delegate legislation. This can be seen as a legislative power
- The executive and other branches
- Pre-2005 there was a severe overlap between the legislature and judiciary. The Constitutional Reform act was necessary if the Rule of Law was to be respected
- They tell the courts how far they can go in their judicial law making ability
- Section 3 of the Human Rights Act is an example
- The Judiciary and other branches
- Government have the power to enact and delegate legislation. This can be seen as a legislative power
- The executive and other branches
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