Standing Orders CommitteeStanding Ordersrule of lawSeldom do we stop to ask what is the purpose of Parliament? What are its functions and how does it carry them out? If we do not try and answer these basic questSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
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On this day in 1764, Edward Gibbon, historian and Member of Parliament, saw friars singing in the ruins of the Temple of Jupiter in Rome. The experience inspires him to write what would become the controversial History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, published in six volumes ...
As per our Constitution, Article 20 contains a presumption of innocence in favour of a suspect, while not affirming does not prohibit it, thereby, leaving it to Parliament to ignore it whenever found by it to be necessary or expedient. Under section 304(b) (Dowry Death: Proposed Section 79...
This concept applies at various levels of government, from local city councils to national parliaments. For example, in the United States Congress, the Constitution specifies that a majority of each chamber (51 in the Senate, 218 in the House of Representatives) constitutes a quorum. State ...
The aim of this paper is to analyze the effects of Grenelle I and Grenelle II laws on financial performance, social performance, and risk-taking in France. The study is focussed on SBF120 (The SBF120 index consists of the 120 largest capitalizations listed on the French Stock Exchange market...
The U.K. is made up of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.3 Two hundred forty pence in one pound sterling remained the standard for nearly 1,200 years until 1971 when the British Parliament instituteddecimalizationto make 100 pence equal to one pound sterling.1 ...
The Petition of Right is an English constitutional document that was sent to King Charles I by the Parliament in 1628, seeking his recognition of four principles. The Parliament asked him not to levy taxes without its consent; to not imprison subjects without cause; to not quarter soldiers on...
In February 2019, the U.K. Parliament passed the Voyeurism (Offences) Act that officially makes upskirting a crime, punishable by up to two years in prison and the possibility of placing a convicted individual on the sex offenders register.4 ...
The British Parliament began taxing its American colonists directly in the 1760s, ostensibly to recoup losses incurred during the Seven Years’ War of 1754 to 1763.3 One particularly despised tax, imposed by theStamp Act of 1765, required colonial printers to pay a tax on documents used or crea...