Government

Basic Principles of Government

Constitution = “supreme law of the land”

Popular Sovereignty
A doctrine in political theory that government is created by
and subject to the will of the people
Limited Government
System in which the primary leaders have very little
governing powers over the decisions and laws that are
created without approval from other branches or leaders
within the government
Separation of Powers
An act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers
of government in separate bodies

Checks and Balance

A system that allows each branch of the government to amend or
veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one brand from
exerting too much power
Judicial Review
Power of the courts of a country to examine the actions of the
legislative, executive, and administrative arms of the government to
determine whether such actions are consistent with the constitution
Federalism
The distribution of power in an organization (such as government)
between a central authority (Federal Government) and the constituent