Variable: Government Powers Limited by the Legislature

QoG Code: (wjp_gov_pow_leg)


Dataset: Rule of Law Index

Description:

Government powers limited by the legislature measure whether legislative bodies have the ability in practice to exercise effective checks on and oversight of the government.

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2025-10-09
Last updated by source: 2025-10-08


Categories:

Judicial


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Standard Cross-section - 2026 Standard Time-series - 2026 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Standard cross-section: 140
Standard time-series: 140


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This variable has information from the year 2012 to the year 2025