Rule by decree is a style of governance allowing quick, unchallenged promulgation of law by a single person or group of people, usually without legislative approval. While intended to allow rapid responses to a crisis, rule by decree is easily abused and is often a key feature of dictatorships.
When a state of emergency, such as martial law, is in place, rule by decree is common. While rule by decree is easily susceptible to the whims and corruption of the person in power, it is also highly efficient: a law can take weeks or months to pass in a legislature, but can be edited quickly during ruling by decree. This is what makes it valuable in emergency situations. Thus, it is allowed by many constitutions, including the French, Argentine, Indian and Hungarian constitutions.
The expression is also sometimes used when describing actions of democratic governments that are perceived to unduly bypass scrutiny from the legislature or populace.
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rulebydecree, or may wield power by exercising binding (but informal) control over a nominally civilian government. These two forms of junta rule are...
oversaw response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Amidst the pandemic, Masisi ruledbydecree from March 2020 to September 2021, despite protests from the public...
oversaw the dismissal of the judiciary and arrest of politicians. He ruledbydecree until he was successful in passing a new constitution which granted...
ordinances that did not require debate in the Parliament, allowing Gandhi to rulebydecree. The Emergency saw the entry of Gandhi's younger son, Sanjay Gandhi...
characterised by some of the following: suspension of elections and civil liberties; proclamation of a state of emergency; rulebydecree; repression of...
the world at that time. With unrestricted political power and able to rulebydecree, Mswati III (together with his mother, Ntfombi Tfwala, now Queen Mother...
James became king, making Mary heir presumptive. James's attempts at rulebydecree and the birth of his son from a second marriage, James Francis Edward...
derivative suits, or bankruptcy action. Many of these rules create the space for consent decreeby establishing the role of judges within the settlement...
the president. After the crisis, Yeltsin governed the country in a rulebydecree until 1994, as the Supreme Soviet of Russia was absent. Secessionist...
performed a self-coup, dissolving parliament and instituting a presidential rulebydecree system. The crisis ended with Yeltsin using military force to attack...
dominated by Obiang's Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea (PDGE). The constitution grants Obiang sweeping powers, including the power to rulebydecree. Although...
and granted himself the right to rulebydecree, de facto restoring legislative power. His decision was criticized by most of the parties represented in...
another law granted Charles de Gaulle and his cabinet the power to rulebydecree for up to six months, except on certain matters related to the basic...
authority, and allowing a royally-appointed Prime Minister and Cabinet to rulebydecree through Orders in Council. In 1966 Oswald Mosley advocated a government...
the state legislatures, sign treaties with foreign countries, ruleby emergency decree, and command the Armed Forces. However, most of these presidential...
Russian Federation's 1993 constitution, a Decree of the President of Russia is referred to as ukaz. Rulebydecree#Russian Constitutional Crisis (1993) Wells...
Reichstag and began to use the Presidential powers to rulebydecree. This was received positively by many conservatives who disliked democratic government...
expressly enabled the president to rulebydecree, without consultation with the legislative branch. That provision was used by Chancellor Adolf Hitler to consolidate...
National Assembly to rulebydecree multiple times throughout his tenure, passing hundreds of laws. Chávez ruled Venezuela bydecree in 2000, 2001, 2004...
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