History A-Level
Constitutional design and structural flaws
What Constitutional design and structural flaws means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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The Constitution of Year III divided executive power among five Directors and legislative power between two councils, but lacked a mechanism to resolve deadlocks.
Topics that use Constitutional design and structural flaws
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