Agenda Power, Executive Decree Authority, and the Mixed Results of Reform in the Brazilian Congress
This article examines how institutional change in the use of extraordinary legislation affects delegation of power and unilateral action in new democracies. From 1988 to 2001, Brazilian presidents were able to reissue decrees indefinitely and thus had substantial legislative power. In 2001, Congress...
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Comparative Legislative Research Center, The University of Iowa
2008
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