Chapter 13
Global Perspective: There are many different ways to organize a government. Even among nations with similar systems the organization and functioning of the legislative branch can be very different from our own. Check out the following links to get a sense of some of these differences.
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0860251.html
http://www.mapleleafweb.com/features/opposition-canadian-house-commons-role-structure-and-powers
http://worldnews.about.com/od/iran/f/iranhierarchy.htm
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090721/japan_election_090721/20090721?hub=World&s_name
http://www.c-span.org/international/links.asp