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The Parliamentary System: An Evaluation
Kumar Rahul
INTRODUCING THE PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM: A THEORETICAL OVERVIEW
All societies have some governing institutions. Democratic societies are desirably governed by democratic institutions. Important among them are executives, legislatures, judiciaries and bureaucracies. When we refer to a system, it entails a specific type and specific pattern of constitutional relationship among a given set of institutions. There are some cardinal principles that govern these relationships. These institutions serve as an interface between the imperatives of governance and demands of the governed. Broadly, there are two types of democratic political systems: presidential and parliamentary. In a presidential system, ...
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