Parliament
Author : Courtenay Ilbert
Publisher :
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,97 MB
Release : 1911
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Author : Courtenay Ilbert
Publisher :
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,97 MB
Release : 1911
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Author : Albert Venn Dicey
Publisher : London : Macmillan
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 46,44 MB
Release : 1889
Category : Constitutional law
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Author : William McKay
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : pages
File Size : 25,65 MB
Release : 2010-06-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0191629499
The constitutional background of both legislatures and their procedures are described and where possible compared. Currently unsolved problems often have much in common, in vexed areas such as ethics requirements or how procedural rules permit minorities fair access to legislative time before majorities prevail. British successes include the enhanced authority and effectiveness of select committees and the acquisition of more debating time by the creation of a parallel Chamber. Unsolved problems at Westminster begin with the powers and status of the Lords, and go on through the search for more effective review of EU activities, adapting parliamentary scrutiny to more sophisticated government financial information, and making better use of legislative time without diminishing back-bench rights. The accelerated pace and extent of procedural changes in Congress is problematic. Constant pursuit of campaign funds, increased party exploitation of Members' ethical shortcomings, and partisan reapportionments, have diminished collegiality and compromise. Business is conducted with greater predictability, with fewer quorum calls, postponement and clustering of votes, and by utilization of ad hoc special orders, often in derogation of openness and minority rights in the House. Minority complaints have been frequent and occasionally extreme. Conversely constant filibuster threats in the Senate have enhanced minority party power there. An 'inverse ratio' between the greater complexity, importance, and urgency of pending legislation on the one hand, and diminution of deliberative capacity, fairness. and transparency on the other, has been repeatedly demonstrated, especially at the stage of final compromises between the Houses.
Author : Thomas Erskine May
Publisher :
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 11,85 MB
Release : 1844
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Author : Inter-parliamentary Union
Publisher :
Page : 984 pages
File Size : 32,14 MB
Release : 1961
Category : Constitutional law
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Author : John Austin
Publisher :
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 35,23 MB
Release : 1859
Category : Constitutional law
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Author : Sir Courtenay Peregrine Ilbert
Publisher :
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 39,44 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Cabinet system
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Author : Ben Greene
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 43,86 MB
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 0993288588
A maverick by nature and a colossus in stature, Ben Greene was a gentle giant who stood six feet eight inches tall and was part of the illustrious Greene clan that included the novelist Graham Greene, Hugh Greene, Director-General of the BBC 1960-1969, and Raymond Greene, Everest mountaineer and doctor. With an abiding interest in constitutional matters and a smouldering resentment following his questionable internment by the British government under the draconian 18b internment regulations during World War 2, he worked diligently on the subject for the rest of his life, but unfortunately died before the book he was planning was finished. This booklet comprising five essays by Greene, which first appeared in Candour between 1956 and 1977, with two of them re-published under the title 'The Party System and the Corruption of Parliament' in magazine format in 1989, is now made available once again. The second edition contains an introduction by his daughter, Leslie.
Author : Joseph Pullan
Publisher :
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 28,98 MB
Release : 2017-08-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781376263688
Author : Walter Bagehot
Publisher :
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 25,42 MB
Release : 1872
Category : Constitutional history
ISBN :
A classic study of the British constitution, paying special attention to how Parliament and the monarchy work. The author frequently draws comparisons with the American Constitution, being generally critical of the American system of government.