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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Legislative Power"”.
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Does the lack of sufficient formulation and articulation of principles guiding the limits of the Constitutional Court undermine its legitimacy?
It is not simply enough to have a separation of powers written on paper. In this paper I shall look at the pragmatic approach adopted by the Constitutional Court when adjudicating upon executive and legislative power in order to ensure its institutional security and legitimacy. I shall evaluate …
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The management of Namibia's foreign policy
South Africa transferred legislative power to the Namibian authority to conduct its external relations in 1990 when the country attained its independence. Since then the country has been projecting the economic content of its Foreign Policy. Poverty eradication, human resource development, …
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Maccsand (Pty) Ltd v City of Cape Town and others - a missed opportunity for co-operative governance
… Kingdom. 'A unitary state is one in which the legislative power is concentrated exclusively in one location. In such a state there is no entrenched division of legislative power between the central government and the regional units of the country'. The unitary state option employed by the …
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The Canadian Nondelegation Doctrine: An Architectural Imperative
Delegation of legislative authority to the executive branch is a dominant practice in the modern Canadian administrative state. This dissertation argues that such delegation is unconstitutional. The unwritten principles of democracy, the separation of powers, and the rule of law – all defining …
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Management Accounting Control and Managerial Bullying: Economic, Social, and Political Dynamics in Bangladesh RMG Sector
… privately owned RMG factories located in a high-power distance emerging economy. Drawing on Max Weber’s ‘social stratification’ (i.e. class, status and party), this study has revealed that to maximise organisations’ profit and secure their personal gains, managers and supervisors frequently use …
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Norm evolution without the state : an examination of the unique nature of commercial law
… forces outside the purview of any one state power. To this end, we look primarily at transnational commercial law, specifically at what is commonly understood as the new law merchant. It is the central contention of this paper that commercial law stands apart from other forms of law in that …
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The decline of the Namibian opposition 1990-1994, and prospects for the future
… has continued to consolidate its electoral and legislative power. In the first five years since independence the opposition parties have had little effect on government policy-making and have declined significantly in electoral strength - in the second National Assembly election in December 1994 …
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COAL, GLOBAL WARMING, AND THE CLEAN AIR ACT
… in the United States comes from coal-fired power plants. If global warming is a threat to the welfare and survival of future generations, the United States, as one of the greatest producers of greenhouse gases,has an obligation to reduce its production of these gases.</p> <p>In order to …
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Law by Decree: A critique of section 5(2) of the Income Tax Act
… Income Tax Act) infringes upon the Separation of Powers Doctrine and constitutes an unlawful delegation of the power to impose or reduce taxes, in terms of the Constitution. The power to determine the rate of income tax is a fiat legislative power that directly impacts upon the lives of millions …
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Montgomery County and economic growth, 1776-1860
… Easterners which approximated its equal share of legislative power. Almost immediately Western representatives pushed measures through the General Assembly providing for an increased number of internal improvements for the West. Among the internal construction projects that aided the Transmontane …
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Hate crime law & social contention : a comparison of nongovernmental knowledge practices in Canada & the United States
… principal conclusion. The availability of local legislative power and a local mechanism for public review are key determinants of the sites and styles of nongovernmental contention about hate crimes. Where police gather and publish official hate crime statistics, the official classification …
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The Australian Defence Force and the executive power : limiting the indefinable?
… the limits to the exercise of executive power by the Australian Defence Force (ADF). It will argue that there are identifiable limits, although they cannot be precise limits because executive power is meant to deal with the unpredictable and the external. Within Australia, these limits …
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The Australian Defence Force and the executive power : limiting the indefinable?
… the limits to the exercise of executive power by the Australian Defence Force (ADF). It will argue that there are identifiable limits, although they cannot be precise limits because executive power is meant to deal with the unpredictable and the external. Within Australia, these limits …
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Time as a Policy Mechanism and Intelligible Principle: An Examination of the National Emergencies Act
… of the president's unchecked use of emergency power. Concerns arise that a national emergency shifts legislative power to the executive, making government policy less democratic. The national scope of these emergencies also portends the potential for harm to a broad population. Ambiguous …
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Aspects of pollution in False Bay, South Africa (with special reference to subtidal pollution)
… and an officially constituted body with legislative power is needed if holistic management of the bay is to be achieved and such a prime recreational asset preserved for future generations. Bibliography: pages 195-225.
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