Constitutional deadlock is a situation when at least two of the three organs (the executive, the legislative and the judiciary) is at loggerhead with each other. The deadlock occurs when one of the organ action(s) or decision goes beyond their jurisdiction. The other organ would attempt to counter / remedied the situation. It may take sometime before stalemate in the working process of the constitution is solved.
See:http://www.thezimbabwemail.com/blog/zim2009/Zimbabwe-constitutional-reform-should-govt-ministers-be-mps/ (very good reading)
See: http://limboochang.com/?tag=constitutional-crisis-perak-pakatan-rakyat-pkr-activities-democracy-state-assemblies (the worsening of a deadlock)
http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/the-17th-amendment-to-the-us-constitution/blog-214601/ (good example)
See: http://gravamen.wordpress.com/2009/12/24/constitution-deadlock-sign-of-democracy's-frailty/ (additional reading on constitutional deadlock)
See: http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.com/2009/09/prachanda-dahal-hopeful-of-ending.html (political deadlock, but gives an idea what deadlock means.)
The constitutional provision that covers deadlock is Section 57. This is all about the resolution, under certain circumstances, of deadlock.
A compromise
Separation of powers can lead to constitutional deadlock if the different branches of government cannot agree. However, this is part of the checks and balances put in place by the constitution.
Political deadlock is a situation where competing political parties have equal representation in the political system making it impossible for decisions to be made.
constitutional convention, constitutional commission, constitutional assembly
The Constitutional Convention, where the modern day Constitution for the United States was written.
A compromise
A compromise
Separation of powers can lead to constitutional deadlock if the different branches of government cannot agree. However, this is part of the checks and balances put in place by the constitution.
There are four strategies of dealing with deadlock problem:1. The Ostrich ApproachJust ignore the deadlock problem altogether.2. Deadlock Detection and RecoveryDetect deadlock and, when it occurs, take steps to recover.3. Deadlock AvoidanceAvoid deadlock by careful resource scheduling.4. Deadlock PreventionPrevent deadlock by resource scheduling so as to negate at least one of the four conditions.
It was ruled Constitutional when a rogue Republican justice,John Roberts, had a chance to do the right thing, but instead voted for Obamacare, and broke the deadlock.
The antonym for deadlock is agreement.
Holy Deadlock was created in 1934.
Deadlock - film - was created in 1931.
Wedlock Deadlock was created in 1947.
House of Dreams - 2004 To Deadlock or Not to Deadlock 1-3 was released on: USA: 22 January 2004
Holy Deadlock has 311 pages.
deadlock handling by 2phase protocol