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The Legislature and the Budget
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2004During the 1990s, more than a quarter of the countries of the world revised their constitutions to include an expand the role of their legislatures. This paper examines one of the most important roles for legislatures - that of financial oversight - and considers some of the lessons emerging from a decade of legislative development and reform.
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Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies, 2010
Before the Voting Rights Act in 1965, few Latinos served in the U.S. Congress. Before 1912, only one Latino, California Republican Romualdo Pacheco, served in the U.S. House (Vigil 1996). With the exception of New Mexico and Louisiana, no state sent a Latino to Congress between 1912 and 1960 (Lublin 1997).
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Before the Voting Rights Act in 1965, few Latinos served in the U.S. Congress. Before 1912, only one Latino, California Republican Romualdo Pacheco, served in the U.S. House (Vigil 1996). With the exception of New Mexico and Louisiana, no state sent a Latino to Congress between 1912 and 1960 (Lublin 1997).
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In Defense of Legislatures [PDF]
Political Theory, 2000 Presentation de deux ouvrages de J. Waldron consacres a la defense du corps legislatif : «La loi et le desaccord» (1992) et «La dignite de la legislation» (1999). Developpant une conception de la democratie liberale separee du modele constitutionnel americain, Waldron examine les fondements normatifs de la legislation comme forme du droit et inscrit ...
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1996
A "legislature" is defined to be an assembly of at least two elected officials which selects final policy outcomes. Legislative elections therefore concern the electoral choice of such an assembly. The classical two-candidate, single-district, model of electoral competition is not a legislative election in the sense of this essay.
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A "legislature" is defined to be an assembly of at least two elected officials which selects final policy outcomes. Legislative elections therefore concern the electoral choice of such an assembly. The classical two-candidate, single-district, model of electoral competition is not a legislative election in the sense of this essay.
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2017
This chapter examines complaints and criticisms directed against the legislatures of the twentieth century to view the efforts which peoples delivered from the sway of decadent monarchies. Many restrictions have been everywhere imposed by constitutional amendments on the powers of State legislatures; and more recently many States have introduced the ...
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This chapter examines complaints and criticisms directed against the legislatures of the twentieth century to view the efforts which peoples delivered from the sway of decadent monarchies. Many restrictions have been everywhere imposed by constitutional amendments on the powers of State legislatures; and more recently many States have introduced the ...
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National Municipal Review, 1947
AbstractState law‐making bodies still dark ages; have failed to equip themselves to deal with complex issues of today.
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AbstractState law‐making bodies still dark ages; have failed to equip themselves to deal with complex issues of today.
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The Journal of Legal Studies, 1976
THE central task of representation is to give efficient representation to the collection of group interests that express the desires of the citizens who compose the state. A group (of one or more persons) has a common potential stream of utilities and disutilities from potential political action of the state. These utilities may be continuous and large,
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THE central task of representation is to give efficient representation to the collection of group interests that express the desires of the citizens who compose the state. A group (of one or more persons) has a common potential stream of utilities and disutilities from potential political action of the state. These utilities may be continuous and large,
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The Origin of the Legislature *
Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice, 1993Abstract I due modi di produzione della legge sono la legislazione e l’evoluzione basata sull’interpretazione innovativa della legislazione preesistente. Il presente scritto confronta questi due modi, prendendo come esempio la legislazione dell’antica Roma, nella quale vigeva in origine il sistema evolutivo, che dovette tuttavia cedere il passo all ...
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2009
This chapter sets out the position of the monarchy in relation to the Church of England and the Church’s relationship with the legislature. It describes the relevant constitutional law, including the oaths taken by the sovereign on accession and at the coronation, and the position of Roman Catholics.
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This chapter sets out the position of the monarchy in relation to the Church of England and the Church’s relationship with the legislature. It describes the relevant constitutional law, including the oaths taken by the sovereign on accession and at the coronation, and the position of Roman Catholics.
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West European Politics, 1990
(1990). Legislatures in perspective. West European Politics: Vol. 13, Parliaments in Western Europe, pp. 143-152.
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(1990). Legislatures in perspective. West European Politics: Vol. 13, Parliaments in Western Europe, pp. 143-152.
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