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Parliamentary committees in Zambia's Third Republic: partial reforms; unfinished agenda [PDF]

, 2002
This article critically examines the contribution of parliamentary committees in Zambia to democratic government. Several committees are of long-standing, including the Committee on Government Assurances and Committee on Delegated Legislation; others ...
Burnell, Peter J.
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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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European Parliamentary Oversight Behind Closed Doors [PDF]

Cambridge International Law Journal, 2016
The lack of transparency in European Union (EU) decision-making and integration has been a long-standing concern in academic and public debate. Perhaps paradoxically, parliamentary oversight of executive power in the EU is also increasingly taking place behind closed doors.
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Possibilities of parliamentary oversight of independent judiciary with a focus on the sub judice doctrine [PDF]

Glasnik Advokatske komore Vojvodine
In functional democracies, the existence of an efficient system of mutual checks and balances and respect for the rule of law are crucial to ensure the appropriate balance between the three pillars of power: the judicial, executive, and legislative ...
Janjić Sandra
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Explaining complexity to power. A failed mission?

International Review of Public Policy, 2023
To revisit Bruno Dente's extraordinary research path is also an exploration of the development of policy studies in Italy from the 1970s to Dente’s final experiments aimed at improving the quality of interaction between policymakers and policy ...
Gloria Regonini
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PARLIAMENTARY OVERSIGHT IN ROMANIA, A GUARANTEE OF ACHIEVING SEPARATION OF POWERS IN THE STATE [PDF]

Challenges of the Knowledge Society, 2012
This paper focuses on the dimension of the relationships between the Parliament and other state institutions in Romania (Government, chief of state, public administration authorities) from the point of view of the parliamentary oversight.
SILVIA MIHALCEA
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Parliamentary Oversight and the Effects of Controlled Institutional Settings on Behavioural Logics

Government and Opposition
Parliamentary oversight, which is an activity that occurs in both congressional and parliamentary settings, faces many challenges. This is especially the case in parliamentary systems.
Hallbera West
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The Scope and Boundaries of the Parliamentary Inquiry According to the Latvian Constitutionalism

Law: Journal of the University of Latvia
Parliamentary inquiry is one of the oldest and most widely used tools of parliamentary control. Since the Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia, parliamentary inquiry has been a central instrument in parliamentary oversight, with its ...
Ringolds Balodis, Aleksandrs Kuzņecovs
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Understanding Civil-Military Relations for better Civilian Control of the Military in Nepal

Nepal Public Policy Review, 2022
Conducive civil-military relations (CMR) is essential for political stability, good governance, and the country's prosperity. However, there has been a misunderstanding or misinterpretation of this concept in some quarters in Nepal.
Surendra Singh Rawal
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Global intelligence, co-operation versus accountability: new facets to an old problem [PDF]

, 2009
The most important recent change within the realm of intelligence and security services has been the expansion of intelligence co-operation. The growing connectivity between both foreign intelligence services and also domestic security services means ...
Aldrich, Richard J.
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