Government Questions and Answers

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 Legitimacy is a political concept which refers to the acceptance and recognition by the citizens of a country the right of their rulers to govern. Power is  transformed into legal authority by legitimizing it.

Delegated legislation means the exercise of legislative power by an agency that is subordinate to the legislature.

Not all laws are made by the government. Some Acts of Parliament give other organisations the power to make laws– usually local councils.

Decentralization—the transfer of authority and responsibility for public functions from the central government to subordinate or quasi-independent government organizations. The governmental powers in a federal system of government is decentralized in a way that, authority and reponsibilities are shared among the federal, state and local government .

Baron de Montesquieu in in his book titled '' The Spirit of the Laws, argued for a constitutional government with three separate branches, each of which would have defined abilities to check the powers of the others. Thii=s is to prevent cases like arbitrariness.

Arbitrariness; is the quality of being based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system.