An Institutional Alchemy: India’s Two Parliaments in Comparative Perspective

• Main Author: DAM, Shubhankar
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• Subjects: executive lawmaking; cabinet; presidential powers; parliamentary system; India; Asian Studies; Law and Society; Legislation
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1250; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/3202/viewcontent/An_Institutional_Alchemy___Indias_Two_Parliaments_in_Comparative.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

India has a parliamentary system. But articled in India’s Constitution is a provision that authorizes the President to occasionally enact legislation without involving Parliament. Such presidential legislation are called ordinances, not Acts; and rather than enact, the President promulgates them. Te...