2. Political powers
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POLITICAL POWER 2. Political powers |
| The UK | The USA | ||
| Central government (on a national scale) | |||
| The 3 branches of power |
Executive power : the executive implements law | held by the PM (10 Downing Street) and his/her Cabinetand his/her Cabinet, not by the monarch (Buckingham Palace) |
held by the President (the White House) (& vice president VP) and his/her government |
| Legislative power : the legislature makes law | held by Parliament (Westminster) : House of Commons + House of Lords |
held by Congress (the Capitol) : House of Representatives + Senate | |
| Judicial power : the judiciary applies law | High Court | Supreme Court | |
| => Separation of powers => | |||
| Local government (on a regional scale) | |||
| The sharing of power | A unitary state but devolution of power since 1996 : the UK Parliament (London) transferred power to 3 nations (Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales) | A federal state since 1787 : the power of the national government (Washington DC) is limited by the 50 state governments | |
| The duplicat° of power | Executive power | First Minister and cabinet | Governor and cabinet |
| Legislative power | Parliament or Assembly | State congress | |