Lecture VI Legislative Power and LegCo Contents LegCo: Historical Evolution Powers and functions‚ and Prerogatives Issues raised under the BL Case Law • Article 66 • The Legislative Council of the HKSAR shall be the legislature of the Region. • 2 I. LegCo – A Brief Retrospect • A. Generality – From 26 January 1841 to 30 June 1997‚ • Hong Kong was a British colony and its first constitution‚ in the form of Queen Victoria’s Letters Patent entitled the Charter of the Colony
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CON LAW OUTLINE I. Role of the Judiciary A. Federal Judicial Review: Why a Constitution? Functions: Separation of Powers (SOP) Federalism (C defines relationship between national & state power) Individual Liberties Unique Aspects: Marbury v. Madison: US Sup Ct-1803 Facts: P appointed to be Justice of the Peace for life by Adams as his term ended. Jefferson takes office and D refuses to deliver the commission to P Case began in the US Sup Ct. Holding: Sup Ct lacked jurisdiction
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violate Leslie Fosters or anyone else’s right to Freedom of Religion granted by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The First Amendment contains the Establishment Clause which states that the government shall make no law “Respecting an establishment of religion”. In other words the government shall not endorse religion and it shall not give preference to one religion over another but it does not prohibit the government’s entry into religious domain to make
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Procreate G. Abortion H. Sex I. Medical Decisions J. Control of Information III. Equal Protection A. Constitutional Sources B. Analysis C. Rational Basis D. Race and National Origin 1. Reason 2. Facial Discrimination 3. Facially Neutral Laws With a Discriminatory Impact or With Discriminatory Administration a. The Requirement for Proof of a Discriminatory Purpose b. Is Proof of Discriminatory Effect Also Required? c. How is Discriminatory Purpose Proven? 4. Racial Classifications
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Immigration law Immigration is the multinational movement of people into destination states where they are not citizens and are no native. Before a migrant gets a chance to settle in their new homes and permanent residence they need to take up employment as temporary workers. When people get an opportunity to cross a national border‚ referred to as immigrants or migrants from the perception of the individuals that belong to the country they have moved. Emigrants‚ on the other hand‚ refer to people
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Gun Laws Mother was shot sleeping in bed‚ teenagers shot while walking home from school‚two young boys shot playing outside.Ask yourself how much more can happen.Guns falling into under responsible owner. The laws must be in force. I feel there should be stricter gun laws and implement new ones.So there shouldnt be any deaths happening.The new loosened gun laws state that by January 1‚2017‚ those who wish to carry a concealed weapon would not need a permit and would not need to take a gun training
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Con Law 2 Outline Bill of Rights First 8 directed at Individual Rights Negative Rights Limitations on government and what Congress can do Government: representation of the people Limitations on government are limitations on the people People can abuse power so BOR have limits on what the people can do In process of creating majority need to ensure protection for minority Reconstruction Amendments 13th abolishes slavery 14th limits state/local government from violating EP DP PI
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Jessica Dugan MGMT Marsland November 10‚ 2015 Coogan Law As recently as the 1930s it was not uncommon to see children in the work force‚ earning their own wages. It was not until 1908 that the National Child Labor Committee formed. President Roosevelt did not sign the Fair Labor Standards Act until 1938. (Tratner) Today‚ however‚ minors in the workforce have strict regulations in place for their protection. In fact before the age of fourteen‚ minors in the United States are not legally aloud to have
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you think that is okay for a political leader to bend or break the law for the good of the country? No it may not be right to harm someone or allow something bad or harmful to happen just because you are following the law. If you break the law with any type of good intentions of not hurting anything or anybody‚ it should be okay. Breaking this law Julius was helping the huge population of their people. At the same time breaking a law isn’t okay! If you expect someone to follow the rules‚ everybody
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Although antitrust laws are good for the market‚ as in the instance with the federal government’s use of the Sherman Act against AT&T‚ which led to a communication revolution‚ there are a couple of issues concerning antitrust laws. The first is issue is the interpretive nature of the federal and state government laws. The Sherman Act‚ The Federal Trade Commission Act‚ and the Clayton Act are federal statutes written in general language rather than exact verbiage on code of conduct. In the case
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