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Showing 1 to 20 of 1583 for “"constitution"”.
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Personhood, Persistence, and Constitution
In the following essay I argue that psychological continuity provides the most suitable account of a person’s persistence. This is in accordance with Derek Parfit’s claim that what’s important in cases of survival is not personal identity, but psychological continuity. The essay focuses on a …
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The Constitution of Mercy
… have drawn attention to a concept of the modern constitutional state that has largely operated under the radar: mercy. In addition to manifesting itself in the pardon power, mercy can also be found in the practices of judges who sentence defendants leniently. Both executive and judicial mercy …
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Australia's Common Law Constitution
… centrepiece of the Australian legal order is the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia (the ‘Constitution’). While the Constitution has proven to be a long-lasting force for stability in Australia, it does not cover the field in terms of constitutional law. Australian lawyers have long …
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Maritime courts and the constitution
INTRODUCTION: The South African Merchant Shipping Act establishes three different kinds of shipping tribunal, namely, Courts of Marine Enquiry, Courts of Survey, and Maritime Courts. Courts of Marine Enquiry are used when a South African ship is lost, abandoned or stranded, or an accident occurs …
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Ways of reading the constitution
This thesis explores various approaches to constitutional interpretation, paying particular attention to the literalist approach to reading the Constitution set forth by W.W. Crosskey in Politics and the Constitution. Crosskey’s approach is compared to and contrasted with John Rohr’s intentionalist …
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Brexit and the Northern Ireland Constitution
… of Northern Ireland's unique post-1998 constitution; and, the complex, multifaceted and constitutional process of Brexit. The research draws on legal and political theory to develop a novel analytical framework based on systematic definitions of the two research variables - Brexit and …
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Love, self-constitution, and practical necessity
My dissertation, “Love, Self-Constitution, and Practical Necessity,” offers an interpretation of love between people. Love is puzzling because it appears to involve essentially both rational and non-rational phenomena. We are accountable to those we love, so love seems to participate in forms of …
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Affirmative action and the interim constitution
… authority is contained in an Interim Constitution which declares itself to be the supreme law of the Republic (1 ), embodying the concept of constitutional sovereignty for the first time in South Africa. The decisions of Parliament can no longer receive the majoritarian rubber stamp of …
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In Search of the Constitution: How the Constitution Generated the Public Power in South Korea (1963-1979)
… challenges the positivist view of the Korean Constitution, which sees it merely as an assemblage of rules and statutes defining its citizens’ status and setting out codes of conduct for the government, or mapping the government’s institutional arrangements. Prevalent in Korean constitutional …
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An examination of the relationship between public participation in constitution making processes and the objective to write a democratic constitution : the case of Zimbabwe's 2010-13 constitution making exercise
… the SADC and East Africa region have embarked on constitution making exercises as part of the democratization process. There is a strong emphasis that such constitution making processes must be based on public participation. An assumption is often made that public participation in constitution …
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Religion and the French Constitution of 1791
The privileged classes in France meant the First and Second Estates, the Clergy and the nobility. Theoretically, all the clergy were privileged. The Church had been part of the feudal system; her bishops, abbots, members of cathedral chapters, and university professors often ranked among the feudal …
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