Legislative Powers and Executive Corruption

Legislative Constraints on Executive Unilateralism in Separation of Powers Systems

Can legislatures effectively check unilateral executive power? One prominent and counterintuitive finding in previous work is that executives pursue unilateral strategies less often under divided government. We consider how legislatures’ ability to retaliate against executives influences unilateralism under inter-branch conflict, arguing that it is conditional on the policymaking capacity of le...

Boxing Russia Executive–Legislative Powers and the Categorization of Russia’s Regime Type

This paper1 examines the debate over the categorization of the Russian political system as “semi-presidential” (as many, especially comparativists, argue) or “super-presidential” (as perhaps the majority of Russian area experts argue). To approach a resolution of this debate, the article focuses on the interpretation of the relevant articles in the Russian constitution, presents practical compa...

ARMENIA'S CONSTITUTION AND THE SEPARATION OF POWERS AMONG THE EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE, AND JUDICIAL BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT The New System of Separation of Powers

The new Constitution of the Republic of Armenia was adopted by referendum held on July 5, 1995. This represented a historic event for both the people and the state of Armenia. Whereas the adoption of the Constitution and the parliamentary elections were indicative of the thrust to adopt democratic processes, they also laid the foundation of the state system in Armenia by establishing the consti...

The Legislative Powers and Impact of the European Parliament

This article investigates the impact of the legislative powers of the European Parliament (EP), particularly the co-decision procedure. After explaining the development of the legislative procedures, the article analyses the extent to which the different procedures have been used since their creation. It then considers how growing legislative power has affected the EP’s internal development, ho...

Legislator Behavior and Executive-legislative Relations in Latin America