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Supermajorities in Constitutional Courts
Constitutional adjudication is a subject of fascination for scholars. Judges may annul the will of a democratically elected Parliament in counter-majoritarian fashion. Although conceived as a remedy against majoritarianism, judges also decide cases by voting. Whether they do so through simple majorities or supermajorities is not trivial.
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Two Sides of a Sargasso Sea : Successive Prosecution for the Same Offence in the United States and the United Kingdom [PDF]
, 2003 This article analyzes the U. S. constitutional law interpreting the concept of “same offence.” Included is a survey of the Supreme Court\u27s attempts to interpret constitutional text in order to provide adequate protection for the underlying double ...
Griffin, Lissa
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Challenging Parole Decisions in England and Wales: Reconsideration and Set Aside
The Modern Law Review, EarlyView.Of all the reforms to parole in England and Wales that were introduced after the furore surrounding the 2017 decision to direct the release of the so‐called ‘Black cab rapist’, John Worboys, perhaps the most important was the creation in 2019 of a reconsideration mechanism which obliges the Parole Board (on application) to take a second look at ...
Stephen Shute
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Fireside Chat, RWU Law Style, With Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito [PDF]
, 2012 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito spent Friday at the School of Law, meeting with students and faculty and teaching a Constitutional Law ...
Public Affairs, Roger Williams University
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Constitutional Law: Status of Courts of District of Columbia [PDF]
, 1933 F. E. C.
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Penal Modernization in the Western Balkans: Continuities and Changes since the Nineteenth Century
History, EarlyView.Abstract Influential sociologists of social control, including Émile Durkheim, Max Weber and others, conceived of the modern state as progressively moving towards the humanization of its penal programme. This article highlights developments that do not easily fit this progressivist model, drawing attention to the region that today is often referred to ...
Olga Kantokoski
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Contested Good City Stories from a North Chennai Littoral
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article investigates the wilful destruction of Ennore Creek, a littoral wetland system in north Chennai, Tamil Nadu, by a series of shifting statist good city imaginaries expressed in plans, research reports, environmental impact assessments, government orders and court judgements.
Lindsay Bremner +2 more
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Ustavnopravni okvir ograničenja prava vlasništva u Republici Hrvatskoj
Zbornik Pravnog Fakulteta Sveučilišta u RijeciUstavnopravni okvir u Republici Hrvatskoj, koji uređuje pravo vlasništva i njegovo ograničenje, koherentan je s njegovim konvencijskim uređenjem sadržanim u članku 1. Protokola br. 1 uz Konvenciju za zaštitu ljudskih prava i temeljnih sloboda.
Mato Arlović
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The Young and the Redemptionless? Juvenile Offenders Before Miller v. Alabama [PDF]
, 2016 The Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits excessive criminal sanctions, and the Supreme Court has held that this provision has special application in situations dealing with juvenile offenders.
Johnson, Katherine
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