This article, a chapter in the Routledge Handbook of Constitutional Law, provides and introductory description of the main systems of government in democratic countries that seek to promote the rule of law.

This brief paper discusses the differences between parliamentary and presidential systems of government. &ampnbspThis paper identifies the crucial&ampnbspdistinction as the fact that under parliamentarism legislatures may remove the government via the approval of a vote of no-confidence.