and freedoms of the citizens of the country‚ if the best interest of the majority of the people is threatened by a minority. It can only be called if an elected government is in office at that specific time period. As of Sunday‚ August 21‚ the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago declared a nationwide State of Emergency and curfew in certain highlighted areas in the country. The main purpose of this decision was to help alleviate the high rate of crime that seemed rampant throughout the state.
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CONSTITUTIONAL LAW ASSIGNMENT 1 (1)WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION AND WHAT IS MEANT WHEN IT’S DESCRIBE AS UNWRITTEN? (20) (a) -IT IS SUPREME -IT IS FLEXIBLE -IT IS UNITORY -SOVEREIGNTY -IT IS UNCODIFIED CONSTITUTION (B)THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION IS UNWRITTEN OR TO BE MORE PRECISE ‘UNCODIFIED’.THAT MEANS THAT UNLIKE IN MOST MORDERN DEMOCRIES‚THERE IS NO SINGLE DOCUMENTS THAT EXPLAINS HOW THEY ARE GOVERNED. IT IS A SET OF LAWS PREPARED OVER A PERIOD
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Councillors. Like all government powers‚ they are in charge of passing laws‚ and choosing the Prime Minister. This judicial branch was first summoned in 1889 after the Meiji Constitution. The second branch is the Cabinet. The Cabinet has the prime minister‚ and also consists of 19 other members that are referred to as Ministers of State. The 19 members are chosen by the prime minister and the prime minister can relieve them of their duties at any time. Finally‚ the third branch is the judiciary section
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Executive and the Legislature: Under this system there is a close relationship between the Executive and the legislature. The members of the Executive‚ i.e.‚ the Prime Minister and his cabinet colleagues are also the members of the legislature. They in fact enjoy the support of the majority in the legislature. Thus the Prime Minister and his cabinet can pass‚ amend or repeal any type of law with the support of subservient majority in the legislature. In this way‚ the executive and the legislative
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Melbourne‚ opened by Prince George‚ as stated in Section 1 of the Constitution of Australia (Australian Electoral Commission 2013). At the same time‚ Edmund Barton from the Commonwealth Parliament was appointed as the first Prime Minister of Australia. The current Prime Minister of Australia is Julia Gillard. Furthermore‚ the parliament building has shown some historical development of Australian Parliament. According the Parliament of Australia (2013)‚ Members of Parliament met in the Victoria
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Introduction to the Rule of Law & the modern definition. Rule of Law in the layman perspective is the principle that nobody is above the law and that every man’s act is subject to the law. The law referred‚ in our context‚ is the Malaysian Constitution which embodies the definition‚ expressly in many of its provisions. The constitution has the absolute power as against the arbitrariness and discretionary power of the government. This concept is commonly practiced in democratic countries. Rule
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as Primary legislation. However only the laws that affect the powers and responsibilities of governing bodies or the rights of citizens are of constitutional significance. For example the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act 2011‚ this took away one of the prime ministerial powers as it introduced fixed term elections for the first time in Westminster parliament. Another source of our constitution is Common Law‚ which is also known as judge made law. Common Law refers to a body of laws based on tradition
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by basing his knowledge that everyone would love human flesh on an incident on the island of Formosa (Swift 365). Swift learned through a native of Formosa that when a child was put to death‚ his body was sold as a "Prime dainty" (Swift 365-6). He said how even the prime minister of the state had bought a girl put to death because of treason (Swift 365-6). So he deducts that since they like it then the whole world will. Swift built the
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parliamentary procedures to limit the disapproval from members of the House and to speed up the passage of a bill. The legislation must also be subject to effective scrutiny in its passage through parliament. In reality the Cabinet‚ mainly the Prime Minister‚ controls the debate with the use of guillotine and gag to limit time for debate and to allow flood gating of bills. The decline of parliament thesis argues that parliament is merely a rubber stamp for
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Laos‚ just to name a few; all had restrictions on their own domestic media‚ restrictions on foreign journalists working within those countries‚ and restrictions on what news could be sent out. As example in Malaysia‚ during the government of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad‚ authorities controlled all major newspapers and broadcast outlets‚ ensuring a substantial degree of official influence over news published in the country. The only exception was the Internet‚ which had so far remained censorship-free
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