Prof. Thomas Fleiner Class No 4Democratic Governance

Belgrade Law FacultyMaster Course on

Comparative Constitutional Law

Prof. Thomas FleinerOctober 31 to November 16

2011

Democratic Governance−

Good Governance

Principles

Democracy Rule of LawFundamental

Rights

Three GovernmentalSystems:

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In Parliament Centralized Sovereignty

Parliament

Head of State

Cabinet

In Parliament centralized Sovereignty

Parliament

Head of State

Cabinet

In Parliament centralized Sovereignty

Parliament

Head of State

Cabinet

Crown

LordsCom

mon

s

Crown

Lords Comm

ons

Crown

Lords

Comm

ons

Commons

Cabinet

Lords

Crown

Westminster

Elements of Influence

Political Rights

One manone voteone value

Electoral System

Constituency Major. Propor.

VolontéGénérale

Volontéde Tous

Borough Major.

Propor.

relative absolute

Whole Country

Governmen-tal System

PositionFirst Chamber

Status of Members of P

Position ofParties

Electoral systemElectoral concept

PresidentialSystem

USA

Congress

Represen-tatives

Senate PresidentSupreme

Court

USA

Sover. Legislature Sover. Executive

Sover. Judiciary

Federal Government

Ges JudExe

GovernmentsOf States

Leg Exe Jud

Federal AffairsPeople Citizens States

One PersonOne vote

One Nation

Each CantonTwo votes

Fed. Assembly

National-council

Cantons

FederalCouncil

(semi)Direct Democracy

Initiative - Referendum

Challenge for all Institutions

Confl. manage.

EducationLobbies

Parties

People and Cantons

Federation

Canton

Municiplali.

Imple

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Imple

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CouncilHead of States

States

Councilof Ministers

Parliament

Peoples

Presi-dent

Commission

President

Foreign Aff.

European Union

People of the Union?

Concluding Remarks

Major Issues

Democratic participation of the people

Democratic accountability

Checks and Balances / Separation ofpowers

Transparency

Rule of Law

Major Challenges

Parties, Parliament and election

Checks and Balances

Independence of Judiciary

Referendum and initiative

Nation and Nation Building