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In many constitutional monarchies, the monarch has extensive discretionary powers on paper, even if those powers are always exercised by the government, and plays some figurehead role in legislation; for example, in the UK the monarch officially runs everything, even though in practice her commissions always decide to grant assent on her behalf to whatever Parliament decide to do. Conversely, in Japan, the monarch doesn't even have a convention-bound role in government; quoting his article:
Unlike most constitutional monarchs, the Emperor is not even the nominal chief executive. Article 65 explicitly vests executive power in the Cabinet, of which the Prime Minister is the leader. The Emperor is also not the commander-in-chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces. The Japan Self-Defense Forces Act of 1954 also explicitly vests this role with the Prime Minister.
Are there any parliamentary republics whose presidents are like the Emperor of Japan, i.e. they basically just preside at banquets (to quote Tolkien) and receive foreign dignitaries? I've checked several articles (on the presidents of Ireland, Germany, Italy, Israel, and India), but in all cases the president has the responsibility to sign bills (even if convention dictates that he follow the government's advice), and in some he has the authority unilaterally to refer the bill for review to the supreme court or the electorate. This topic isn't addressed in the Parliamentary republic article. Nyttend ( talk) 01:15, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
If you're talking about low-power heads of state, check Irish head of state from 1936-1949; the British monarch had so little power it was debatable (and debated) whether he was head of state at all. jnestorius( talk) 15:43, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
Like London (especially 20th century) and especially Rome and Athens. I presume that just having height laws doesn't much reduce amount of office space used compared to similar but more skyscrapery cities, it can't be as concentrated though. Is some of it essentially outsourced out of commuting range entirely? Are there a lot more mid-rise office buildings in places that'd normally be the inner ring of low-rise buildings? Are there more underground offices? Sagittarian Milky Way ( talk) 22:07, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
Way too many factors to draw any useful conclusions. Are alternative cities readily available? What are zoning (land use) restrictions? Do high office rents deter new business start-up, or encourage consolidation? DOR (HK) ( talk) 16:05, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
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In many constitutional monarchies, the monarch has extensive discretionary powers on paper, even if those powers are always exercised by the government, and plays some figurehead role in legislation; for example, in the UK the monarch officially runs everything, even though in practice her commissions always decide to grant assent on her behalf to whatever Parliament decide to do. Conversely, in Japan, the monarch doesn't even have a convention-bound role in government; quoting his article:
Unlike most constitutional monarchs, the Emperor is not even the nominal chief executive. Article 65 explicitly vests executive power in the Cabinet, of which the Prime Minister is the leader. The Emperor is also not the commander-in-chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces. The Japan Self-Defense Forces Act of 1954 also explicitly vests this role with the Prime Minister.
Are there any parliamentary republics whose presidents are like the Emperor of Japan, i.e. they basically just preside at banquets (to quote Tolkien) and receive foreign dignitaries? I've checked several articles (on the presidents of Ireland, Germany, Italy, Israel, and India), but in all cases the president has the responsibility to sign bills (even if convention dictates that he follow the government's advice), and in some he has the authority unilaterally to refer the bill for review to the supreme court or the electorate. This topic isn't addressed in the Parliamentary republic article. Nyttend ( talk) 01:15, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
If you're talking about low-power heads of state, check Irish head of state from 1936-1949; the British monarch had so little power it was debatable (and debated) whether he was head of state at all. jnestorius( talk) 15:43, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
Like London (especially 20th century) and especially Rome and Athens. I presume that just having height laws doesn't much reduce amount of office space used compared to similar but more skyscrapery cities, it can't be as concentrated though. Is some of it essentially outsourced out of commuting range entirely? Are there a lot more mid-rise office buildings in places that'd normally be the inner ring of low-rise buildings? Are there more underground offices? Sagittarian Milky Way ( talk) 22:07, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
Way too many factors to draw any useful conclusions. Are alternative cities readily available? What are zoning (land use) restrictions? Do high office rents deter new business start-up, or encourage consolidation? DOR (HK) ( talk) 16:05, 13 October 2018 (UTC)