Checking Presidential Power - Executive Decrees and the Legislative Process in New Democracies

Provides the first comparative look into executive decree authority. It explains why presidents issue decrees and why checks and balances sometimes fail.

List of contents

1. Introduction: a choice of paths behind each policy; 2. Decrees versus statutes: choice of legislative paths in separation of powers systems; 3. Institutions and institutional commitment; 4. Reinstatement of congressional decision rights: Brazil; 5. A corollary of low levels of institutional commitment: Argentina; 6. The choice of legislative paths in comparative perspective; 7. Conclusions: rules, institutional commitment, and checks on presidents.

About the author

Valeria Palanza is Assistant Professor in the Instituto de Ciencias Políticas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Her research interests focus on issues of democracy, institutional arrangements, and the legislative process. Her most recent publications appear in Comparative Political Studies, Revista de Ciencia Política, and Legislative Studies Quarterly.

Summary

The first to offer an explanation of the levels of reliance on executive decrees in comparative perspective, this book intends to reach an audience of scholars and non-academics interested in the behavior of legislators, the struggles behind the concentration of power by presidents, and Latin American politics.

Product details

• Authors: Valeria Palanza, Valeria (Pontificia Universidad Catolica Palanza, Valeria (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile) Palanza
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781108427623
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42762-3
• No. of pages: 262
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Latin America, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Political structures: democracy, Comparative Politics, Legislation, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Constitution: government & the state, Government powers, Constitution: government and the state, Judicial Review, Sources of law: legislation