A report on Parliamentary procedure, Westminster system and Constitution
The Westminster system or Westminster model is a type of parliamentary government that incorporates a series of procedures for operating a legislature.
- Westminster systemUnlike the uncodified British constitution, most countries that use the Westminster system have codified the system, at least in part, in a written constitution.
- Westminster systemThe Westminster parliamentary procedures are followed in several Commonwealth countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, and South Africa.
- Parliamentary procedureParliamentary procedure also allows for rules in regards to nomination, voting, debate, disciplinary action, appeals, and the drafting of organization charters, constitutions, and bylaws.
- Parliamentary procedureThe second would include such elements as the making of decisions by public conventions called by public notice and conducted by established rules of procedure.
- ConstitutionUncodified constitutions are the product of an "evolution" of laws and conventions over centuries (such as in the Westminster System that developed in Britain).
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Legislature
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Assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city.
In Westminster-style legislatures the executive (composed of the cabinet) can essentially pass any laws it wants, as it usually has a majority of legislators behind it, kept in check by the party whip, while committee-based legislatures in continental Europe and those in presidential systems of the Americas have more independence in drafting and amending bills.
Each chamber of the legislature consists of a number of legislators who use some form of parliamentary procedure to debate political issues and vote on proposed legislation.
Some political systems follow the principle of legislative supremacy, which holds that the legislature is the supreme branch of government and cannot be bound by other institutions, such as the judicial branch or a written constitution.