Lord Nolan's committee immediately enunciated seven principles of public life: honesty, accountability, integrity, selflessness, openness, opportunity and leadership. Over the years, many of the Committee's recommendations have been accepted. There is today vastly greater transparency. The principles ...
Congo Gold Raffinerie is taxed at a rate of 10% on its exports. It had reportedly been lobbying for better terms but was over-ruled by the government. The Nolan Show, 18 March 2023Stephen Nolan on BBC Sounds 1:14:27Africa Confidential Editor Patrick Smith talks to Stephen Nolan about ...
The seven ‘Nolan Principles’ of public life have no statutory power in themselves but, as was intended, they have been adapted then adopted by many regulatory bodies that do, in the UK where they were developed, and beyond. Each of the principles is given a gloss. For ‘Honesty’ the ...
Failing to succumb to [jawboning] has been elevated to a criminal matter.– Elizabeth Nolan Brown Surplus Women Your “leaders” want this to happen more often: A potential serial killer has been caught after he [raped] two [sex workers], strangled them to death, and dumped their bodies at...
Mackinac Center for Public PolicySeven Principles of Sound Public Policy The Muqaddimahby Abd Ar Rahman bin Muhammed ibn Khaldun Toward the Laissez-Faire RepublicThe Essence of Libertyby David Nolan Ludwig von Mises InstituteAbout The Mont Pelerin SocietyStatement of Aims ...
like the publication of a revised Ministerial Code, a speech by the new Attorney General on the rule of law and small steps on parliamentary and electoral reform, as well as some less positive behaviour and inaction, such as failing to further strengthen of standards in public life, rushing ...
The government is in danger of missing an opportunity to strengthen standards in public life. After more than 10 weeks in office, there have been little more than vague statements about future good intentions, and self-inflicted and unnecessary problems such as over aseries of appointments of pol...
155/96, para 65; see also para 7 of the Pretoria Declaration on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Africa, adopted by the ACHPR in December 2004, http://www.achpr.org/instruments/pretoria-declaration/; and para 68 of the Principles and Guidelines on the Interpretation of Economic, ...
These were virtuous sentiments, chiming strongly with much of what defenders of core democratic and constitutional principles have been pressing for in recent years. But aspects of the speech appeared to undermine them. Some dropped policies had never actually existed. Sunak’s call for accountability...
Based on US and British regulations in force, this article offers an overview of legislation of two Common Law countries in the area of modern forms of law infringements focusing on the notions of revenge porn and fake porn. The first part contains definitions and descriptions of the terms ‘...