| Their businesses were often taken over or destroyed, and bribery and corruption were the norm in the courtroom and in lawmaking. |
| The authors begin by discussing the simplest kind of lawmaking factory, a unitary state with pluralistic political institutions. |
| Only half of the 60 seats in the Legislative Council, the lawmaking body, are elected directly. |
| As long as the mayor can maintain the loyalty of ten or more councilmen, his agenda can safely sail through the lawmaking process. |
| One secret of American lawmaking is that legislators and legislatures need lobbyists. |
| The king, however, will appoint one of the houses of the bicameral legislature, allowing him to control lawmaking. |
