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The Privy Council Under The Early Tudors
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Judicial politics in the Privy Council: a legal analysis of its impact on the constitutionality of the death penalty in the Commonwealth Caribbean
An institution such as the Privy Council is the supreme judicial body for some Commonwealth countries. The main objective of this research is to understand the extent to which the Privy Council decision making on the constitutionality of the death penalty in the Commonwealth Caribbean influenced by …
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The recognition and enforcement of foreign maritime liens
… many years. The judicial pronouncement of the Privy Council in Bankers Trust International Ltd v Todd Shipyard Corporation: The Halcyon Isle 1 ("The Halcyon Isle") and the subsequent decision of the Appellate Division in South Africa in Transol Bunker BV v MV Andrico Unity & Others2 ("The …
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The Post Office in Ireland 1638-1840
… top echelons of the Tudor state (the monarch, Privy Council, parliament, the judiciary and senior ranking army personnel) through conveyance of official correspondence and interception of intelligence to become, by 1840, three years after Queen Victoria’s accession to the throne, an …
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Robert Bruce of Kinnaird and the Resilience of Presbyterianism in Scotland: 1610–1637.
… Calderwood, Spottiswoode, Parliamentary and Privy council archives, General Assembly proceedings, and Bruce’s sermons, - alongside modern scholarship, the thesis argues that Bruce’s preaching, writings, and itinerant ministry played a decisive role in embedding Presbyterian identity within …
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The Writ of Certiorari and Its Scope, 1600-1800: For the Orderly Administration of Justice
… power that had theretofore been exercised by the Privy Council—supervising administrative decision-making. However, certiorari not only emerged with the blessing of the Crown, but greatly benefit the Crown. The focus of the writ of certiorari was on orderly administration of justice. The judges …
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"In writing it may be spoke": The Politics of Women's Letter-Writing, 1377-1603
… petitionary letters to Elizabeth I and her Privy Council, in which they ask for monetary relief, patronage, or legal assistance, and I contend that the letter was the foundation of one of women's earliest political rights, the right of petition. Ultimately, I argue that women used letters to …
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'Now of little significancy'? The Convention of the Royal Burghs of Scotland, 1651-1688
… voice in parliament and before the king and his privy council, officers of state and commissioner. Although it was not always successful, it was even willing to take a stance in direct opposition to the crown, and its influence is demonstrated as increasing crown intervention in burgh affairs, …
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Accountability in the Political/Bureaucratic Interface of the Canadian Federal Government
… the Offices of the Prime Minister, the Privy Council, Treasury Board Secretariat, the Office of the Auditor General, and departmental deputy ministers. For each of these entities, a framework was developed to systematically discern and connect authorities, accountability relationships …
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The justices of the peace and the administration of local government in the East and West Ridings of Yorkshire between 1680 and 1750
… is placed on the attitudes of the Crown and Privy Council towards the membership of the commission of the peace and on the role of the Lords Lieutenant and the Assize Judges. The second section, which contains five chapters, is devoted entirely to the work of the county magistracy. A thorough …
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Supreme Court appointments in the charter era: the current debate and its implications for reform
… Court replaced the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in Britain as Canada's highest appellate body, and the Charter's entrenchment in 1982, the debate centered almost exclusively on questions of federalism. Specifically, the provinces argued that in a federal country, it is inappropriate …
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The protection of confidentiality in arbitration: balancing the tensions between commerce and public policy
… - an approach subsequently criticised by the Privy Council in Associated Electric and Gas Insurance Services Ltd v European Reinsurance Co of Zurich (Bermuda), where their Lordships expressed reservations about the desirability or merit in so characterising a duty of confidentiality? Lord …
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Commonwealth and states, 1901-1910 : a study of the executive and administrative relations of the seven governments of Australia in the first decade of the federal system
… Conflict between the High Court and the Privy Council led to doubt being cast on the right of the former to be the final arbiter of the Constitution in inter se questions. The States lost legal status both because they were not exempted from the payment of customs duties on their own …