rule by decree
- autocratSole wielder of power
- dictatorRuler with total control
- edictAuthoritative public command
- fiatAuthoritative official decree
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
tyranny · authoritarian · despot · proclamation · ukase · strongman · executive order · absolute power · martial law · junta · totalitarian · iron fist · decree · unilateral · rubber stamp · emergency powers · sovereign · imperial
- Weimar powersemergency powers, presidential decrees, emergency decrees, Hindenburg, Ebert
democratic process
rule by decreedemocratic governance
System where citizens hold power
popular sovereignty · self-governance · direct democracy · majority rule · parliamentary democracy
constitutional constraints
rule by decreerule of law
Supremacy of established laws
constitutionalism · constitutional government · separation of powers · limited government · checks and balances