英语国家概况chapter4

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1、ParliamentandGovernmentChapter3I.ABriefIntroductionV.LocalGovernmentIV.GovernmentIII.ParliamentII.TheMonarchyAnold-fashionedgovernmentOnthebasisofconstitutionalmonarchyHeadofstate:thekingorqueenInpractice:theSovereignreigns,butdoesnotrule.I.ABriefIntroductionII.TheMonarchyThepresentSovereig

2、n:QueenElizabethIIsince1952Headofstateof16independentcountriessuchasCanadaandAustralia3.PrinceCharlesistheheirtothethrone.PrinceCharlesArthurPhilipLouisWindsorandPrinceWilliamTheRoyalFamilyQ&AWhatdoyouknowabouttheQueen?Whatisherpower?Giveseffectstoalllawsastheheadoftheexecutivebranchofthego

3、vernmentMaypardoncriminaloffencesandcancelpunishmentsThecommander-in-chiefofthearmedforcesandthetemporalheadoftheChurchofEnglandThePoweroftheQueen4.Confersalltitlesofrank,andappointsjudges,armyofficers,governors,bishopsanddiplomats5.Concludestreaties,declareswar,andmakespeacewithothernation

4、sTheImportanceofMonarchy1.Effectsonpublicattitude3.Asymbolofnationalunity4.Preservesthehumanrightsandproperty2.RepresentsthepoliticalcontinuityandadaptabilityTheRoyalDutiesVisitsmanypartsofBritainPaysstatevisitstoforeigncountriesToursotherCommon-wealthcountriesIII.ParliamentUK:aunitarystate

5、TheParliamentatWestminster(London)In1999,ScotlandandWaleshadtheirownparliamentsIn2007,NorthernIrelandsetupitsparliamentUKseemstobemovingtowardfederalism.III.ParliamentTheSovereignTheHouseofLordsTheHouseofCommonsTheSovereignpowerSummonstheHouseofLordsDissolvesParliamentOpenseachnewannualsess

6、ionTheHouseofLordsStructure:About1,100hereditaryandlifepeersorpeeressesPower:ReviewlegislationProposeamendmentsVetobillsaccordingtoconventionsandoperationsoftheParliamentActs.TheHouseofCommonsAlsocalledtheLowerHouse651MPsTheultimateauthorityformakinglawsinSt.Stephen’sChapelClickThespeechofG

7、ordonBrownIntroduceabillPassthroughthenecessarystagesintwohousesParliamentaryLegislationProcessFirstreadingSecondreadingCommittee&reportstagesThirdreading3.RoyalassentMainfunctionsofParliamentMainFunctionsDebatingMakinglawsSupervisingIV.Government1.Depar