10 Questions
What are the ways in which state-enforced laws can be made?
By a group legislature or by a single legislator, resulting in statutes
In what legal systems do judges make binding case law through precedent?
Common law systems
What influences the creation of laws themselves?
A constitution, written or tacit, and the rights encoded therein
In which legal systems does a legislature or other central body codify and consolidate the law?
Civil law jurisdictions
What has historically influenced secular matters and is still in use in some religious communities?
Religious law
In a representative democracy, who holds the power?
Elected representatives
What is another term for representative democracy?
Indirect democracy
Which countries typically function as representative democracies?
United Kingdom, Germany, France, United States
What do political parties often become central to in representative democracies?
Electoral systems
How can representative democracy be organized in terms of government systems?
Both parliamentary and presidential systems
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