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Constitutional Fiats: Presidential Legislation In India's Parliamentary Democracy, Shubhankar Dam Oct 2010

Constitutional Fiats: Presidential Legislation In India's Parliamentary Democracy, Shubhankar Dam

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The article presents information on the presidential legislation of the parliamentary democracies, India and Pakistan. It discusses the role of the President acting as the Council of Ministers for the enactment of legislations as ordinances without the consent of the Parliament. Information on the legal interpretation of the ordinances and its interaction with the principles of the parliamentary system of the government is also presented.