UnderSection 133(1ZA) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988(as amended in 2018) the state must pay compensation where a new or newly discovered fact shows beyond reasonable doubt that there has been a miscarriage of justice. But a miscarriage of justice will only have occurred “if and only if...
The Irish parliament goes no further in the direction of emancipation than the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1793, which receives the royal assent on April 9, and remains unextended until 1829. While the passing of Lord Clare‘s Convention Act, still in force, makes illegal all future assemblies ...
In this article, we consider the one‐year review (OYR) by Parliament of temporary powers in the Coronavirus Act 2020 (CVA). The OYR stands as a key concession on the part of the UK government to enable scrutiny of Covid‐19 law making, after the CVA was rushed through Parliament at ...
Canada and New Zealand. There is a particular emphasis on the history of reforms in the UK, as a first mover in the creation of independent oversight of the parliamentary workplace and a source drawn on by later reformers. The three cases demonstrate the difficulties involved in...
Coats,to the development , from Confederation onward, of a statistical service in Canada. A countrymaybe saidto havea statistical service whenthereisa groupof personswithin the publicservicewho are responsible for presenting quantitative data... MC Urquhart - 《Canadian Historical Review》 被引量: ...
THE LEGAL REGULATION OF MARRIAGE. This article criticizes the 2004 Marriage Amendment Act passed by the Australian Commonwealth Parliament, which prohibits same-sex marriages in the country... Nicholson,Alastair - 《Melbourne University Law Review》 被引量: 4发表: 2005年 Marriage (Same Sex Couples)...
Referendums in 1997 paved the way for the creation of the Scottish Parliament and the National Assembly for Wales, the latter being renamed the Senedd Cyrmu in 2020 following the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020. Both of these bodies adopted staffing arrangements similar to those of Westmi...
Kamikamica says they are planning a Fiji - North America Business Mission this year, aiming to visit potentially 4 states in North America and Canada, fostering investment and trade opportunities. He says there are 100,000 diasporas in Canada. Kamikamica says Trade Commission North America has al...
Reining in the Crown's Power on Dissolution: The Fixed-Term Parliaments Act of the United Kingdom Versus the Fixed-Election Laws in Canada This paper analyzes the key differences between the powers of the British Crown versus those of the Crown of Canada in order to compares and contrasts th...
Canada, as well as most of the Canadian provinces, and most of the Australian states; only the Australian federal parliament, New Zealand and Ireland have no fixed-term laws, but in Australia and New Zealand the maximum term is three years. These countries show varying degrees of flexibility,...