• d00ery@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I’m British, but it’s hard not to be aware of American stuff due to Reddit / Lemmy, movies, books, games, etc.

    Are the 3 branches of govt.:

    House of representatives, Senate, and judiciary?

    We have house of commons, house of lords, and judiciary. First is elected, second is a mix of hereditary and nominated by govt I believe. Third is appointed by govt I guess.

    Edit: looks like I got the branches wrong, see next reply.

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      3 months ago

      3 branches are executive, legislative and judicial. The president is the head of the executive branch, congress legislative.

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        Thanks for the explanation.

        Well gosh, I’ve had to go and read up on it too 😀

        Looks like we both have the same 3 branches, but I was wrong in thinking the house of commons and lords were 2 of those branches.

        In a perhaps slightly simplistic overview:

        • Legislative - debates and decides the laws.

        • Executive - executes or implements these laws in policy decisions (assigning funds to public bodies etc, setting mission statements)

        • Judicial - interprets the implementation of laws when needed (e.g. edge cases)

        Executive, Legislature and Judiciary. In the UK, the executive comprises the Crown and the Government, including the Prime Minister and Cabinet ministers. The legislature; Parliament, comprises the Crown, the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

        Also seems like the UK independence of legislature and executive branch is up to debate -https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_powers_in_the_United_Kingdom