Download or read book Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Governance in Federal Countries written by Katy Le Roy and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2006-09-19 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comparative studies examine the constitutional design and actual operation of governments in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, India, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, and the United States. Contributors analyze the structures and workings of legislative, executive, and judicial institutions in each sphere of government. They also explore how the federal nature of the polity affects those institutions and how the institutions in turn affect federalism. The book concludes with reflections on possible future trends.