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The future of the Eurozone and the role of the German Constitutional Court. Research Papers in Law, 05/2012 [PDF]
[Introduction.] Necessary reforms towards a deepened and increased European shaped economic, financial and budgetary policy, paraphrased with the term “fiscal union”, could possibly reach constitutional limits.
Calliess, Christian
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Abstract The Labour manifesto in this year's election implied a radical restructuring of the UK state, the way in which England is governed and in relations across the United Kingdom. The aim of making English devolution the ‘default option’ is set against fifty years of unsuccessful and partial devolution initiatives which have failed to reverse the ...
John Denham, Janice Morphet
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The Rules of the Coronation: Differentiating Convention from Practice and Custom
Abstract The coronation of a new monarch is a constitutional event governed by unwritten rules. To understand which aspects of the coronation are constitutionally significant—and which are better understood as the product of tradition or novel approaches—this article examines how three types of unwritten rules structure the ceremony: conventions ...
Carolyn S. Harris, Philippe Lagassé
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The Authoritarian Impulse in Constitutional Law [PDF]
Should there be greater participation by legislators and citizens in constitutional debate, theory, and decision-making? An increasing number of legal theorists from otherwise divergent perspectives have recently argued against what Paul Brest calls the
West, Robin
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Abstract The ‘good chaps’ theory of government relies on officeholders understanding and adhering to implicit lines preventing corruption and abuse of power. Boris Johnson's prime ministership showed some weaknesses in this approach. Recent global experience, especially with the re‐election of Donald Trump, suggests the UK may need stronger backstops ...
Tom Nicholls
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The Recent Civil Disobedience Fidelity to Law
Abstract Generations of citizens have successfully used civil disobedience to enact positive lasting change in their societies. In some places, such as the UK and elsewhere, it is considered a ‘tradition’. But recent instances of civil disobedience—especially in relation to UK climate campaigners—have brought forward numerous challenges, some of which ...
Brian Christopher Jones
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Based on the legal positions of the RF Constitutional Court, general requirements of social reforms’ realization order and legislative regulation are analyzed in the ...
Fedorova M. Yu.
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Are the Rights of Nature the Only Way to Save Lough Neagh?
Abstract Northern Ireland's Lough Neagh—the UK and Ireland's largest freshwater lake—recently hit the headlines owing to an ecological crisis caused by the level of pollutants entering its waters. With political attention drawn to the lough, an emerging idea amongst environmental activists—inspired by the global ‘rights of nature’ (RoN) movement—is ...
Laurence Cooley, Elliott Hill
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The Constitutional History and Constitutional Law of the Church of England. Translated from the German of FELIX MAKOWFR. Pp. 555. Price, $3.75. London and New York: Macmillan & Co., I895 [PDF]
Richard Hudson
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The Long March Through the Institutions and the Fifth Wave of Juridification
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Olof Hallonsten
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