In the absence of a legal foundation, inevitably the division of powers and responsibilities between various levels of government has been unclear, causing frequent disputes. During the state of emergency, these disputes were often resolved or regulated by resort to administrative decrees at the central level. The lower levels of government had no basis for making objections.
缺乏正式的法律依據，難免使各級政府權責不清，爭議迭起；這些爭議，在戒嚴時期，中央各機關往往用行政命令來解釋、規範，下級單位根本無從置喙。