The reports on this page provide guidance on different systems/forms of government, including parliamentary, presidential, semi-presidential/hybrid, and non-democratic systems. More information on different types of "systems of government" - including executive, semi-presidentialism, and the legislature - can be found on other dedicated pages.
Selected Materials
This article, a chapter in the Routledge Handbook of Constitutional Law, provides and introductory description of the main systems of government in democratic countries that seek to promote the rule of law.
This brief paper discusses the differences between parliamentary and presidential systems of government. &nbspThis paper identifies the crucial&nbspdistinction as the fact that under parliamentarism legislatures may remove the government via the approval of a vote of no-confidence.