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  2. Federalist No. 10 - Wikipedia

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    The question Madison answers, then, is how to eliminate the negative effects of faction. Madison defines a faction as "a number of citizens, whether amounting to a minority or majority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and ...

  3. State-centered theory - Wikipedia

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    State-centered theory (or state-centred federalism) is a political theory which stresses the role of the government on civil society. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It holds that the state itself can structure political life to some degree, but doesn't facilitate the way power is distributed between classes and other groups at a given time.

  4. Civics - Wikipedia

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    Plutarch relates a comparison made by Simonides between Spartan education of citizens and horse husbandry:. Simonides called Sparta "the tamer of men," because by early strictness of education, they, more than any nation, trained the citizens to obedience to the laws, and made them tractable and patient of subjection, as horses that are broken in while colts.

  5. Federalism - Wikipedia

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    [10] The first forms of federalism took place in ancient times, in the form of alliances between city states. Some examples from the seventh to second century BC were the Archaic League, the Aetolic League, the Peloponnesian League, and the Delian League. An early ancestor of federalism was the Achaean League in Hellenistic Greece.

  6. S. R. Bommai v. Union of India - Wikipedia

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    The court cannot question the advice tendered by the CoMs to the President but it can question the material behind the satisfaction of the President. Hence, Judicial Review will involve three questions only: a. Is there any material behind the proclamation b. Is the material relevant. c. Was there any malafide use of power.

  7. Madisonian model - Wikipedia

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    The Madisonian model is a structure of government in which the powers of the government are separated into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. This came about because the delegates saw the need to structure the government in such a way to prevent the imposition of tyranny by either majority or minority.

  8. Federalism in India - Wikipedia

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    Indian federalism compared to that of the United States of America (USA) and the European Union (EU) USA EU India States cannot unilaterally secede from the Union. Any member state may choose to leave the single market at any time. For this, usually, a withdrawal agreement has to be negotiated, and there may be a transition period.

  9. Market-preserving federalism - Wikipedia

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    Market-preserving federalism is a special type of federalism that limits the degree to which a country's political system can encroach upon its markets. [1] Weingast notes that there is a fundamental dilemma facing a government attempting to build and protect markets: the government must be strong enough to protect property rights and enforce contracts, but weak enough to credibly commit the ...