essay will seek to explain UK’s Parliament today does‚ to a certain degree‚ lack democratic accountability‚ and this can be shown in dominance of the (i) Executive‚ (ii) Unrepresentative‚ and its (iii) Detachment from citizens. Democratic Accountability One of the core functions of a constitution is to ensure the accountable and responsible exercise of power by those entrusted with it‚ and that they are called to account when they are not. Through elections‚ Parliament is elected through a public
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Hristina RUNCHEVA PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: THE BINDING EU CHARTER Introduction G he concept of fundamental rights protection according to the modern political thought is considered as setting boundaries to the political power. The establishment of the European Union as a sui generis creation that goes beyond the boundaries of the traditional concept of the nation-state has created a new challenge: how to protect the fundamental rights in a community
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I will try to give my opinion using some examples drawn from our culture‚ starting from the highest level of it. In order to solve the crisis‚ the institutions at the European Union are trying to find new solutions. If we think of the European Parliament‚ in charge of the legislation‚ in cooperation with the Council‚ and how decisions are made in it –simple majority- we can observe how minorities are not being taken into account. In addition‚ seats are distributed depending on the size of the population
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a) Distinguish clearly between Old Labour and New Labour (5) "New Labour" was first termed as an alternative branding for the Labour Party‚ dating from a conference slogan first used by the Labour Party in 1994‚ which was later seen in a draft manifesto published by the party in 1996‚ called New Labour‚ New Life For Britain. It is also the turning point of Old Labour changed to New Labour with a symbolic of new aims/value of the Labour party which called New Clause 4‚ published at the 1994. The
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Lords. The members in the House of Lords aren’t elected but they get to make laws and represent the people. The members in House of Lords are usually given their seats hereditarily so many people found it unfair that they’re not elected into the Parliament but they can make decisions and laws on our behalf. On the other hand‚ people may argue with the fact that there is the House of Commons as well as the House of Lords and the House of Commons has more power than the House of Lords has. H of
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History Essay-Emily Murphy and the Persons Case “Suffragettes‚” “property‚” and “non-persons.” Such suggested as the British North America Act specifying that all women were not seen as people in the eyes of the British law. Women were unqualified to vote‚ own land‚ and run an office since women were persons in “matters of pains and penalties‚ but not in matters of rights and privileges” (Mitchell 29) according to the BNA Act. Due to the lack of government‚ this got the attention
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number of votes is equal to the number of seats gained. The AMS is a hybrid system with two votes and two systems mixed together‚ the first vote being your constituency vote and the second‚ the regional vote. There are 129 members of the Scottish parliament and there are two ways an MSP can be elected. Scotland is divided into 73 constituencies and each constituency elects one MSP. These are known as constituency MSPs and are elected by ’first past the post’ in exactly the same way as MPs are elected
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by: Shakir Jahangir Tim Schouls in his essay‚ “Why Group Representation in Parliament Is Important‚” argues that the parliamentary representation in Canada is unfair because it doesn’t represent Canada’s social diversity as a whole. He believes that democracy in Canada can be considerably deepened and enhanced when the composition of the House of Commons substantially reflects the social diversity of Canada (for example‚ Aboriginals‚ ethnic minorities‚ visible minorities‚ gays etc.) instead
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Introduction The European Union (EU) is a politico-economic union that currently has twenty-eight member states‚ almost all of which share the same currency‚ the Euro. The main purpose of the EU is to provide unity and harmony in social and political matters for its members. In order for a country to be accepted to the EU‚ there are certain standards that have to be met‚ known as the ‘Copenhagen criteria’. In 1981‚ Greece became the 10th country to join the European Union. Though‚ Greece’s entry
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not result in the level of the fund’s in-house assets exceeding 5% (see below). * Units in a widely held So for Westin SMSF: Listed securities (ie shares‚ units or bonds listed on an approved stock exchange‚ such as the ASX). Is before parliament and may be legislated as a breach of SMSF regulations (part of the Stronger Super suite of measures). It is currently an allowable acquisition. The painting purchases do not comply with the above rules Loans to members and relatives The trustees
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