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Organs Or Arms Of Government By Joel3 by chaloner(m): 12:59pm On Dec 31, 2015 |
ORGANS OR ARMS OF GOVERNMENT These are (a) Executive, (b) Legislature and (c) Judiciary THE EXECUTIVE It is in two forms (a) Parliamentary Executive and (b) Presidential Executive FUNCTIONS OF EXECUTIVE i. implementation of laws ii. maintenance of law and order through police iii. making of law through its power of delegated legislation iv. it prepares budget v. it oversees day to day running of the administration vi. the chief executive signs bills into law vii. it initiates bills into parliament THE LEGISTLATURE It is also known as parliament. Every country has its name for it, for example in nigiera, it is known as National Assembly FUNCTIONS i. its main function is law making ii. it approves annual budget iii. it give approval to nominees of chief executive iv. ratification of treaty negotiated by the executive v. it performs semi-judicial function in some countries vi. it can carry out investigation on issue of public interest vii. it performs enlightenment campaigns through its activities like debates TYPE OF LEGISLATURE (a) Bicameral Legislature (b) Unicameral Legislature BICAMERAL LEGISTLATURE This refers to the legislature with two legislature chambers or houses e.g. Nigeria, U.S.A, and Britain etc. REASONS/ ADVANTAGES i. To check, delay and reverse any hasty legislation that would have been passed by a single house. ii. Distinguished citizens can be nominated where possible for their wisdom and resources to be sapped. iii. To prevent emergence of dictatorial government. iv. In a nominated seconds house, the house can be non- partisan v. It allows for efficiency as a result of sharing of works between the two houses vi. In a federal system of government, the second house can be used to provide for sequel representation among states e.g. Nigeria senate. PROBLEMS/ DISADVANTAGES i. there May be rivalry between the two houses because of problem of power distribution ii. it is a waste of resources and manpower iii. the second house may be two conservative e.g Britain iv. in a nominated second house, it may be seen to be undemocratic v. it may bring delay in law making vi. it is too expensive to run smoothly UNICAMERAL LEGISLATURE This refers to a legislature with a single legislative house e.g. Israel ADVANTAGES i. Quick law making process ii. Absence of rivalry iii. Less expensive to run iv. Ideal for a unitary state. DISADVANTAGES i. Bills can be hastily passed ii. It may not be appropriate for a federal system iii. Legislature can easy dominate executive iv. Doctorial regime can easily emerge v. It make it easy for the dominant party to dominate the legislative THE JUDICIARY It is the arm of government that is responsible for interpretation of law and settlement of disputes. FUNCTIONS OF THE JUDICIARY i. it interprets laws ii. it settles conflicts in the society iii. it protect the right of individuals iv. it protects the constitution from both executive and legislature FEATURES OF THE JUDICIARY i. Independent of both executive and legislature ii. Professionalism – they are legal experts iii. Stable tenure of office iv. Judicial immunity in the course of performing their official duties v. It operates based on laid down procedure vi. It has laid down code of conduct INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY It means judiciary should be free from the excessive control of the other two arms of government when carrying out its official duties The question is , did buhari ( an executive arm) question and skew the independent of judiciary? Waiting 2 Likes |
Re: Organs Or Arms Of Government By Joel3 by Joel3(m): 2:33pm On Dec 31, 2015 |
I don't know what you are talking about? |
Re: Organs Or Arms Of Government By Joel3 by Rawgged(m): 1:56pm On Oct 11, 2016 |
I thought these guys had immunity against the executive and legislative arm of government...guess I need better clarification on that...or is that not applicable in nigeria? Has that decree been amended too? |
Re: Organs Or Arms Of Government By Joel3 by Bscholarly: 3:29am On Mar 24, 2020 |
Basically, i will explain the constitutional powers and functions of the: Legislative arm of government; Executive arm of government; and Judicial arm of government. Please if you need any more details on the functions of the arms of government, kindly follow the link below: https://bscholarly.com/functions-of-the-arms-of-government/ https://bscholarly.com/functions-of-the-arms-of-government/ |
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