In criminal law, the concept of due process in the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution requires1 that (1) criminal acts must be specifically prohibited by statute (i.e., no common law of crimes2) and (2) statutes criminalizing an act can not have retroactive effect.3 Another way...
in Hansard and the application of the purposive approach to the construction of statutes, (iii) a comparative analysis of the experiences in other jurisdiction with specific regard to the United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore and New Zealand and (iv) the notion of 'the substantive...
The statement provides that the relief is temporary and will continue to remain in effect until the SEC staff provides public notice that it no longer will be in effect, which notice will be published at least two weeks before the announced termination date. See the Regulation S-T Rule 302(...
One of the majority party’s prerogatives is writing House rules and using its numbers to effect the chamber’s rules on the day a new House convenes. Because all Members of the House stand for election every two years, the Members-elect constitute a new House that must adopt rules at t...
The Great Lakes states passed a series of Great Lakes–St Lawrence Basin Sustainable Resources Compact Acts into law between 2007 and 2008, and Ontario brought these policies into effect in Ontario Regula- tion 225/14 in 2014. These laws limited the scope of the 2005 GLSWRA regional review ...