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PARLIAMENTARY OVERSIGHT OF EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES [PDF]
Journal of Anti-Corruption Law, 2019 Africa has experienced a boom in extractive industries since the beginning of this century. Extractive companies often are exposed not just to government patronage, but also to requests to consider local third-party agents, vendors or applications for employment. But is corruption a necessary evil? While there is consensus that multi-faceted strategies
Oladeji, Olaore, Stapenhurst, Rick
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Strengthening parliamentary oversight of defence procurement: lessons from Belgium [PDF]
European Security, 2021 This paper asks: to what extent can a dedicated or special committee with access to classified information empower parliaments to oversee major defence procurement decisions? These decisions often involve a mixture of political, military, economic and societal interests.
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DEVELOPMENTAL STATE AND THE QUESTION OF ACCOUNTABILITY
Journal of Social Political Sciences, 2023 In South Africa, despite what appears to be a perfectly designed political system underpinned by the separation of powers, there seemingly is a lack of accountability of public officials that has its roots in the proportional representation (PR ...
Vusimuzi Gumbi, Keaobaka Tsholo
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Administration, 2023 Strong parliaments hold the government, its departments and the wider public administration to account. Such parliaments are built on strong and active committee systems.
Lynch Catherine
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Gender and Strategic Opposition Behavior: Patterns of Parliamentary Oversight in Belgium
Politics and Governance, 2023 Studies on strategic parliamentary opposition often focus on broader behavioral patterns or party‐level variation. This article analyzes differences at the individual level, more notably between male and female opposition members of parliament.
Benjamin de Vet, Robin Devroe
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Perspectives on Federalism, 2018 The article draws comparisons between inter-parliamentary cooperation in the European Union and at the international level. It recognises that, notwithstanding a strong international imprint, inter-parliamentary relations in the EU have gradually ...
Griglio Elena, Lupo Nicola
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Can parliament govern the transport transition? How the German Bundestag scrutinizes rail projects
Energy, Sustainability and Society, 2022 Background The paper aims to elucidate to what extent the German Parliament exerts control over rail planning. Parliament has the budgetary right, but information asymmetries vis-à-vis the railway company Deutsche Bahn and the Ministry of Transport make ...
Felix Julian Koch +2 more
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واقع الاستجواب البرلماني في النظام الدستوري الکويتي: دراسة مقارنة [PDF]
Al-Maǧallah Al-Qānūniyyaẗ, 2020 يعد الاستجواب البرلماني من أهم وأخطر أدوات الرقابة البرلمانية على أعمال السلطة التنفيذية ومن ثم تنظمه الدساتير المقارنة بنصوص صريحة وتحيل أمر تنظيم شروطه وإجراءاته للنظم واللوائح البرلمانية.
عبدالله شلاش العازمي
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الأبعاد السياسية للسؤال البرلماني في ضوء الرقابة البرلمانية (دراسة مقارنة بين القانون الكويتي والمصري) [PDF]
مجلة البحوث القانونية و الاقتصاديةتقوم الأنظمة السياسية في العالم, على سلطات ثلاث، وهي (السُلطة التشَريعية – السُلطة التنفيذية – السُلطة القضائية)، ويحدد دستور كل دولة, اختصاصات هذه السلطات، وتنظيم التعامل فيما بين تلك السلطات، بما يضمن حماية الحريات والحقوق العامة للأفراد، وبما لا يخل ...
مها جواد مبارك حبيب
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Judicial Defence of Constitutionalism in the Assessment of South Africa's International Obligations
Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2019 The (sometimes fragile) balance between South Africa's constitutional obligations to protect and promote human rights in the international arena and the realities of political practice is the focus of this paper.
Francois Venter
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