The number of members to be elected from each State has been fixed by the fourth schedule of the Constitution. Members of the Rajya Sabha are elected for a term of six years and then they can be re-elected. Members of Rajya Sabha are elected in such a manner that they do not complete...
There existed potent devices for parliamentary scrutiny but of late there has been tremendous erosion in esteem for legislatures. Parliament needed to review and refurbish its structural-functional and relational requirements and operational procedures. Reforms suggested by the Constitution Commission warrant...
Some residents of Greece are offended that the "chaplain of the month" is almost always a Christian and say that the practice violates the Constitution's prohibition against establishment of religion by government. The precedent in this case involves a 1983 decision, Marsh v. Chambers, in which...
The Texas House of Representatives is one arm of the Legislature of the State of Texas (the other being the Texas Senate), which the Texas Constitution (Ar... Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Special Investigation Committee on the Reburial of Felix Longoria. Johnson, Lyndon B. (...
Switzerland formed as a modern state out of 25 cantons and half-cantons in 1848, with universal (male) suffrage. The new state was initially designed as a representative system. Although the first constitution had a clause that constitut... G Lutz - Palgrave Macmillan UK 被引量: 8发表: ...
aHe has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation:[translate] aHe has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our...
Art 169 talks about the abolition or creation of Legislative Councils in states. This article concedes: 1) to the states having a second chamber the right to abolish the same and 2) to the states having no second chamber at the commencement of the constitution the right to create one. ...