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Checks and balances : a look at the powers of government / Kathiann M. Kowalski.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kowalski, Kathiann M., 1955- author.
- Series:
- Searchlight books. How does government work?
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Separation of powers--United States--Juvenile literature.
- Separation of powers.
- United States--Politics and government--Juvenile literature.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (40 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, Minnesota : Lerner Publications, [2012]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- What are checks and balances? They are limits that keep different parts of government from having too much power. But just what are these limits? And how do they help our government run more smoothly? Read this book to find out.
- Contents:
- Introduction : a new government with three branches
- Problems with the Articles of Confederation
- Congress at work
- The President and the veto power
- The courts and judicial review
- The states and the people
- What could they do?
- Checks and balances among the three branches of government.
- Notes:
- Previously published under title: Balancing act. 2004.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 39) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-41676-X
- 9786613416766
- 0-7613-8820-6
- OCLC:
- 1011200149
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