executive discretion

collocation in English

meaningsofexecutiveanddiscretion

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executive
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪɡˈzek.jə.tɪv/us
/ɪɡˈzek.jə.t̬ɪv/
relating to making decisions and managing businesses, or suitable for people with important jobs ...
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discretion
noun[U]
uk
/dɪˈskreʃ.ən/us
/dɪˈskreʃ.ən/
the ability to behave without causing embarrassment or attracting too much attention, especially by keeping ...
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(Definition ofexecutiveanddiscretionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexecutive discretion

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Onexecutivediscretion, 17 countries are classified as having meaningful restraints, while the remaining 21 lack such restraints.
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While these efforts to constrainexecutivediscretionthrough judicialization occur initially at the federal level, they have an impact on federal/state relations.
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The case study that follows illustrates the repercussions of the autonomous role of supranational institutions on theexecutivediscretionof national governments.
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Theexecutivediscretionof member states is considerable.
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On these indicators, restricted contestation can contribute indirectly to better governance, if the political pluralism permitted supports institutional restraints onexecutivediscretion.
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This section explains the operationalization ofexecutivediscretionand of the independent variables.
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All else being equal, countries combining open and competitive politics with institutional limits onexecutivediscretionare achieving higherquality governance.
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In sum,executivediscretionis measured by the share of major provisions delegating powers in an act, weighted by the constraints imposed on executive action.
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Decision rules have a significant independent impact on theexecutivediscretionof member states too.
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For example, limitingexecutivediscretionimproves governance, even if political authority remains concentrated.
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The monolithic party control and frequent military coups of the 1946 -1983 period contributed toexecutivediscretionover appointments.
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Franchino (2000b) demonstrates that decision rules, policy preferences, uncertainty and the status quo shape the degree ofexecutivediscretiongiven to the commission.
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Executivediscretionrefers to the granting of discretionary powers to the agencies charged with implementing a decision.
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The autonomous action of supranational institutions, arguably, conditions the exercise of theexecutivediscretionof national governments, even in areas where no transfer of powers has taken place.
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There are many examples ofexecutivediscretionbeing subject to a tribunal.
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Yet the decision, as we shall see, whether the applicant should have such a passport was and remains a matter of unreviewableexecutivediscretion.
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But this is not a matter of a sensibleexecutivediscretion.
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The points that he makes aboutexecutivediscretionare vitally important.
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