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:
“Revolutions are notorious for allowing even non- participants—even women!—new scope for telling the truth since they are themselves such massive moments of truth, moments of such massive participation.”
—Selma James (b. 1930)
“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)
“A country survives its legislation. That truth should not comfort the conservative nor depress the radical. For it means that public policy can enlarge its scope and increase its audacity, can try big experiments without trembling too much over the result. This nation could enter upon the most radical experiments and could afford to fail in them.”
—Walter Lippmann (1889–1974)