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A government is a body that has the authority to make and the power to enforce laws within a civil, corporate, religious, academic, or other organization or group. In its broadest sense, "to govern" means to administer or supervise, whether over a state, a set group of people, or a collection of assets.
The word government is derived from the Greek Κυβερνήτης (kyvernites), which means "steersman", "governor", "pilot" or "rudder".
Typically, "the government" refers to the executive function. In many countries (particularly those having parliamentary systems), the Government refers to the executive branch of government or a specifically named executive, i.e. the Blair Government (compare to the administration as in the Clinton administration in U.S. usage). The Welsh Assembly Government is the name of the executive branch of Wales, and Scottish Government is the unofficial term to describe the Scottish Executive. In countries using the Westminster system, the party in government will also usually control the legislature.
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NPR Topics: World
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NYT > World
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Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:54:55 -0000
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Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:48:38 -0000
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China: Kung Fu English
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:00:00 -0500
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Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:00:00 -0500
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Food Standards - A bi-national independent statutory authority that develops food standards for composition, labelling and contaminants, including microbiological limits, that apply to all foods produced or imported for sale in Australia and New Zealand.
Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute - An initiative of the University of the South Pacific School of Law to promote access to Pacific law.
Pacific Law Collection - This document contains details of primary law holdings (law reports, statutes, gazettes) of Pacific island states. The holdings details have been contributed by three Australian law libraries in an effort to make this scare and hard to obtain material available to the wider community.
South Pacific Forum - Represents Heads of Government of all the independent and self-governing Pacific Island countries, Australia, and New Zealand. For 26 years it has provided member nations with the opportunity to express their joint political views and to cooperate in areas of political and economic concern.
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