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Brunei's Absolute Monarchy Overview

Brunei is an absolute monarchy ruled by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. The sultan holds executive power as head of government and combines the roles of head of state, head of government, and head of religion. The legal system includes civil courts that can hear appeals, a high court, and sharia courts that handle matters of marriage and divorce. The security forces are under tight civilian control and consist of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces, Gurkha Reserve Unit, and Royal Brunei Police.

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Brunei's Absolute Monarchy Overview

Brunei is an absolute monarchy ruled by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. The sultan holds executive power as head of government and combines the roles of head of state, head of government, and head of religion. The legal system includes civil courts that can hear appeals, a high court, and sharia courts that handle matters of marriage and divorce. The security forces are under tight civilian control and consist of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces, Gurkha Reserve Unit, and Royal Brunei Police.

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Brunei (Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah) *Welfare state

Regime Type: Royal Autocracy

Form of government: Absolute Monarchy (in practice)

Constitution: Hereditary Constitutional Monarchy

System of Government: Parliamentary; fusion of legilslative, judiciary and executive (unicameral)

Executive: Cabinet (sultan etc.); Advisers (council of succession, religious council, Privy Council,
Legilslative council,

Legilative: 33 members, unicameral,

Judiciary:

Regular courts

PRIVY COUNCIL OF LONDON

-civil cases only

COMPOSITION: 3judges;sit twice a year (65 years old)

COURT OF APPEAL

HIGH COURT (chief justice and 2 other judges);appointment of sultan

COURT OF APPEAL AND HIGH COURT; Supreme court (Civil and criminal case)

INTERMEDIATE COURT;subordinate

MAGISTRATE COURT; juvenille court, smaill claim court, lower syariah court

SYARIAH COURT

Religious council-

State customs-

Kadis/Kathis- for marriage and divorce

CIVIL AND MILITARY RELATIONS

*Security

RBAF-Royal Brunei's armed forces

GRU-Gurkha reserved unit


RBP-Royal Brunei Police

*80% of defense budget for RBAF and GRU

*legal and political restraint for civilians(bruneians)

-freedom to act in the religion

*media constraints

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