any law passed by the popularly elected national parliament can be vetoed by a direct vote of the public. Citizens can also change the constitution through direct votes on amendments. In the United
The UK legal system, and in particular the legal method of the common law, is in use in numerous countries around the world. (The Scots law approach, which is uncodified, is in many ways similar to that of the common law, but has been used less internationally.) The UK's approach ...
Crime, the intentional commission of an act usually deemed socially harmful or dangerous and specifically defined, prohibited, and punishable under criminal law. Most countries have enacted a criminal code in which all of the criminal law can be found, t
Constitutional law, the body of rules, doctrines, and practices that govern the operation of political communities. In modern times the most important political community has been the state. Modern constitutional law is the offspring of nationalism as we