Institutions and the separation of powers

• Limited Government:


  -Restriction on the extent and scope of power

  -Accountability for misuses of power
• The executives entities:

  • Political Executive (PM and ministers)
  • Wider Executive (the 'administration' e.g police)
• The executive primary roles:

  • Govern country on a day-to-day basis by implementing law via secondary legislation
  • Propose laws
  • Represent country at an international level
  • Enforce laws, if necessary, with coercion
• The executive powers:

  • Statutory powers
  • Royal Prerogative
• Legislative primary roles:

  • Enacting primary legislation
  • Scrutinising the Executive
  • Representing the electorate