Decree power in parliamentary systems: Theory and evidence from India

• Main Authors: ANEY, Madhav Shrihari, DAM, Shubhankar
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: Decree power; Article 123; minority governments; ordinance; parliamentary systems; India; Asian Studies; Political Economy; Political Science
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2536; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/3535/viewcontent/ADD_sv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Decree powers are common to presidential systems; they are rarely found in parliamentary ones. We analyze decree powers in one such rare setting: India. We show that bicameral minority governments in India systematically use ordinances to circumvent parliament and prosecute their legislative agendas...