Scope
The Instrument of Government (Swedish: Regeringsformen) - one of the Fundamental Laws of the Realm - sets out the responsibilities and duties of the Government, the Prime Minister and other Cabinet Ministers.
In a unique feature of the Swedish constitutional system, individual Cabinet Ministers do not bear any individual ministerial responsibility for the performance of the agencies within their portfolio (they formally report directly to the Government), and are prohibited to act unilaterally (thus the origin of the pejorative (in Swedish political parlance) term ministerstyre ) in matters handled by the individual agencies, unless specifically provided for in law.
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Famous quotes containing the word scope:
“As the creative adult needs to toy with ideas, the child, to form his ideas, needs toys—and plenty of leisure and scope to play with them as he likes, and not just the way adults think proper. This is why he must be given this freedom for his play to be successful and truly serve him well.”
—Bruno Bettelheim (20th century)
“Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more, and none can tell whose sphere is the largest.”
—Gail Hamilton (1833–1896)
“In the works of man, everything is as poor as its author; vision is confined, means are limited, scope is restricted, movements are labored, and results are humdrum.”
—Joseph De Maistre (1753–1821)