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9 Ind. J. Const. Design 1 (2022)

handle is hein.journals/indjcstd9 and id is 1 raw text is: Taxonomy of Ministerial Appointment Processes MICHELLE JOHNSTON* INTRODUCTION In parliamentary governments, executive power rests in an executive body of ministers commonly referred to as the cabinet or the government. Cabinet ministers, including the prime minister, are tasked with researching, drafting, and proposing laws and policies to their legislative counterparts in parliament. Because cabinets are generally comprised at least partially of select members of parliament, parliamentary systems are characterized by the interactions and interdependence of the legislative and executive branches. Whereas presidential systems lean into separation of powers to restrict governmental power, parliamentary systems rely on integration of the branches to ensure that political powers remain in check. Executive policing in parliamentary systems is achieved through a variety of ministerial appointment processes and removal mechanisms. Consequently, the range of appointment processes and removal mechanisms affects the power dynamics between governmental branches, the stability of the government, and the risk tolerance of a cabinet's policy goals. This paper focuses exclusively on the functions and varieties of ministerial appointment processes. While ministerial appointment processes carry important implications for the government, the full range of these processes is, collectively, not well understood. This taxonomy strives to capture the characteristics of different ministerial appointment processes and understand better how they function so that countries seeking governmental reform can better understand their * Juris Doctor Candidate, 2022, Indiana University Maurer School of Law; Master of Business Administration, 2021, Sungkyunkwan University Global School of Business; Bachelor of Arts, 2016, Miami University.