Checks and balances
Subtitle: a look at the powers of government
By: by Kathiann M. Kowalski
Series: Searchlight books. How government works
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780761365150
Subjects: Politics and government; Juvenile literature; Separation of powers
Work titles: Balancing act
Notes: Previously published under title: Balancing act. 2004

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : a new government with three branches; title: Problems with the Articles of Confederation; title: Congress at work; title: The President and the veto power; title: The courts and judicial review; title: The states and the people; title: What could they do?; title: Checks and balances among the three branches of government.