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| | EGovernment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | See also the UK Government's Chief Information Officer site. | | | In countries such as the United Kingdom, there is interest in using electronic government to re-engage citizens with the political process. | | | general Government IT, which is now starting to be reclassified as eGovernment, in many cases because it is becoming ever more difficult to disentangle internal (i.e. |
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| | Constitution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | For example, in the Constitution of Australia, most of its fundamental political principles and regulations concerning the relationship between branches of government, and concerning the government and the individual are codified in a single document, the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia. | | | In entrenched constitutions, a constitutional court usually exists to enforce the constitution if a case is brought before it, and some constitutional courts, such as the US Supreme Court can declare laws unenforceable that are in its interpretation "unconstitutional". | | | A codified constitution is one that is contained in a single document, which is the single source of constitutional law in a state. |
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| | UK Parliament : Directgov - Guide to government |
| | The UK Parliament passes laws, provides the means of carrying on the work of government, scrutinises government and debates the major issues of the day. | | | The Queen announces the Government's key bills at the State Opening of Parliament | | | Parliament brings the relevant facts and issues to the attention of the electorate |
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http://www.direct.gov.uk/Gtgl1/GuideToGovernment/Parliament/fs/en
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| | Constitution of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The doctrine of "limited government", central in all written constitutions is not prominent in the UK constitution, nor is separation of powers or formal checks and balances. | | | The phrase "unwritten constitution" is sometimes used, despite that fact that the UK constitution incorporates many written sources, statutory law being considered the most important source of the constitution. | | | The UK constitution draws from a variety of written document and unwritten constitutional convention. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_constitution
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| | BBC News Talking Politics The evolving British constitution |
| | A constitution needs to put constraints on the government - the checks and balances which prevent an "elective dictatorship" - and in the UK these are provided by three main methods. | | | What the UK does have, however, is a series of conventions which are respected as a fundamental part of the constitution even though they are not enforceable by law. | | | Most countries have a written constitution - a single document regulating the powers of its government and the rights and duties of its citizens. |
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| | Diego Garcia: UK Parliament debates and statements (2000-2002) |
| | contract labourers”) was blatant (willful assertion of untrue facts), but the usual lie told to Parliament by UK Government Ministers is the inferential lie, an erroneous inference willfully induced into the mind of the listener (usually by willful omission of relevant facts), explained and illustrated here. | | | The UK Government announced to the public (Nov. 3) that it would not appeal the Court’s order: The Queen (ex parte Bancoult) v. | | | The British lost this argument in their own Court and that means it’s now probably res judicata in the US Court as well, in the pending case against the United States, the UK’s partner and accomplice. |
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| | Disarmament Diplomacy: - Nuclear Disarmament Issues in the UK Parliament: More Questions than Answers |
| | The emerging picture is of conflicting pressures on UK policy, as the Government tries to balance its own support for the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty, with the need not to offend its key ally, the United States, and the desire to promote British commercial interest in the US BMD programme. | | | Nuclear Disarmament Issues in the UK Parliament: More Questions than Answers | | | Another consideration for the British Government is "the considerable cost of ballistic missile defence" and the need to "prioritise expenditure". |
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http://www.acronym.org.uk/dd/dd38/38ukparl.htm
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| | Disarmament Diplomacy: - Disarmament Issues in the UK Parliament |
| | The UK Government announced in the SDR that it would not order any further Trident II D5 missile bodies from the United States, beyond the 58 missiles already purchased. | | | The Government continues to withhold details of the exact numbers of missiles carried on UK Trident submarines on deterrent patrol under exemption 1 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information. | | | Disarmament Diplomacy: - Disarmament Issues in the UK Parliament |
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| | Statewatch News online: UK parliament Select Committee issues critical report on EU-US agreements |
| | This Committee managed to get some useful assurances on how the UK government might interpret the provisions but the substantive reservations expressed - together with those of other national parliaments and the European Parliament - were simply ignored. | | | Text of the letter from the UK parliament's Select Committee on the European Union (House of Lords) and the Europe Scrutiny Committee (House of Commons) to the Greek Presidency of the Council of the European Union: | | | The Select Committee on the European Union of the UK House of Lords has issued a report on the EU-US agreements on extradition and mutual legal assistance. |
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http://www.statewatch.org/news/2003/jul/23hol.htm
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| | PRESS RELEASE: "Recognition at last! Transsexual campaigners welcome new Government proposals" |
| | That judgment requires the UK government to change domestic law to comply with its international treaty obligations. | | | Leaders of Press For Change, the UK's campaign for respect and equality for transsexual people, today congratulated the government for its promise of full legal recognition for transsexual people in their true gender. | | | Later in July, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the UK's failure to recognise a change of sex breached the European Convention on Human Rights. |
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| | United Kingdom Law |
| | JURIST's UK Correspondent is Alisdair A. Gillespie, Barrister (Middle Temple), Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director, Centre for Police Research and Education, University of Teesside, Middlesbrough. | | | The hierarchy of the UK law schools is roughly equal to those who wish or demand students who score the highest. | | | Executive government rests nominally with the monarch but actually is exercised by a committee of ministers (cabinet) traditionally selected from among the members of the House of Commons and, to a lesser extent, the House of Lords. |
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| | CIA - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Background |
| | Ostensibly to protect its investments, Britain seized control of Egypt's government in 1882, but nominal allegiance to the Ottoman Empire continued until 1914. | | | The Gambia gained its independence from the UK in 1965; it formed a short-lived federation of Senegambia with Senegal between 1982 and 1989. | | | A new transitional government, inaugurated on 1 November 2001, was to be the first step toward holding national elections in three years. |
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| | What accounts for the weakness of the UK Parliament? |
| | The Human Rights Convention has made a more profound dent in the powers of the UK Parliament. | | | The Scottish Parliament has a degree of autonomy on tax, education, health and other issues but the central weakness it exposes in the UK Parliament is known as the West Lothian question. | | | Immediately the UK Parliament seems deficient in a legislative capacity, not in a theoretical sense of what can be achieved but a real sense of how much influence does the Parliament have in creating legislation. |
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| | GOVERNMENT - Corruption Submission |
| | a) the UK government should make details of military equipment export licences available for public inspection ten working days in advance of the licence application being considered, in order to allow adequate time for comment and, if necessary, debate. | | | The Government should refuse an export licence to any companies which have been proved to have been involved in bribery or corrupt practices and disbar them from being granted export licences for a minimum period of 10 years. | | | Allegations of corruption persisted and it became clear in 1994 that it was not just Saudi intermediaries who profited from the commissions system, as accusations of bribery were now directed against employees of UK companies. |
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| | CIA - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Background |
| | Guyana achieved independence from the UK in 1966, but until the early 1990s it was ruled mostly by socialist-oriented governments. | | | Basutoland was renamed the Kingdom of Lesotho upon independence from the UK in 1966. | | | The Gambia gained its independence from the UK in 1965; it formed a short-lived federation of Senegambia with Senegal between 1982 and 1989. |
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| | Eurotreaties Menu Bar |
| | In addition, the Schengen aquis, relating to the removal of internal frontiers, the Social Protocol, having been agreed to by the UK government, provisions on visas and immigration and on environmental issues were incorporated into the main text of the treaties. | | | It is very noticeable that most of these have now been introduced by the Draft Treaty establishing the Constitution, in particular, the shared competence in energy (Article I-13), the hierarchy of laws (Article I-32)and the continuing process of the introduction of co-decision (now termed the ordinary legislative procedure in the Constitution). | | | In addition, areas agreed at Nice included the development of the principle of enhanced co-operation within a small group of Member States, the incorporation of Eurojust into the treaties and judicial panels attached to the Court of Justice were introduced in order to free up the main courts. |
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| | Privy Council |
| | Sweden's Privy Council, in contrast, was abolished as part of the reorganisation of the structures of government in the 1974 Instrument of Government (i.e., constitution dealing with the structures of government). | | | Full meetings of the Privy Council occur only on the death of a monarch and the accession of a new monarch, when the Council issues a proclamation of the accession and announces the name of the new Sovereign. | | | Counsellors of State are close relatives of the monarch who are empowered to fulfil the functions of the monarch under certain circumstances. |
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| | Local Government Act 1999 |
| | Braille copies of this Act can also be purchased at the same price as the print edition by contacting TSO Customer Services on 0870 600 5522 or e-mail:customer.services@tso.co.uk. | | | Acts of Parliament printed from this website are printed under the superintendence and authority of the Controller of HMSO being the Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament. | | | It should be noted that the right to reproduce the text of Acts of Parliament does not extend to the Queen's Printer imprints which should be removed from any copies of the Act which are issued or made available to the public. |
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| | LLRX.com Resource Center - Comparative and Foreign Law |
| | Law Librarian, lawyer and author Margaret Greville provides a guide rich in content and links to her country's legal system, with topics including the government and legal system, primary legal information, the legal profession, legal news sources and legal texts. | | | Law Librarian, lawyer and author Margaret Greville provides an article rich in content and links to her country's legal system, with topics including primary legal materials, the legal profession, legal news sources and legal texts. | | | Ingrid Kabir, law librarian at the Law Section of Stockholm University, reviews a wide range of information and resources on the Swedish legal system, including: sources of law, the court system and reports of cases, indexes and digests, parliamentary information, legal publishers, legal news, and more. |
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| | Rugby Borough Council - Links and web resources |
| | This site's purpose is to promote the UK overseas, communicate Government news and information, explain the role and history of Number 10 as a building, and the office of Prime Minister as an institution. | | | The leading law portal in the UK providing legal documents and services for English law. | | | The Privy Council is one of the oldest parts of Government, but it has, over time, adapted to reflect the fact that the United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy. |
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| | Guardian Unlimited Special reports Special report: foot and mouth disease |
| | September 13: The government was left looking sidelined yesterday after the European commission said it was drawing up a new EU-wide policy on foot and mouth disease which envisages key decisions being taken in Brussels, not London or other capitals. | | | February 16: The Prince of Wales orchestrated a campaign against the government's policy of slaughtering millions of farm animals during the foot and mouth epidemic, according to the outgoing president of the National Farmers' Union. | | | But within 48 hours it escalated into a major political row, became an object lesson in media management, and changed government policy on foot and mouth - or so it seemed. |
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| | LLRX -- Update to A Guide to the UK Legal System |
| | The UK joined the European Economic Community (now the European Union) in 1973, since when it has been a requirement to incorporate European legislation into UK law, and to recognise the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice in matters of EU law. | | | This allows for the provisions of the Convention to be applied directly by the UK courts. | | | The constitutional law of the UK is regarded as consisting of statute law on the one hand and case law on the other, whereby judicial precedent is applied in the courts by judges interpreting statute law. |
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| | Pre-Budget Report 2001: Chapter 07 |
| | As the UK haulage industry already contributes towards the costs that it imposes, the Government will ensure that it does not pay more as a result of a new lorry road-user charge, through implementing offsetting reductions in other taxes on lorry operators. | | | The Government is therefore publishing a consultation document, Modernising the Taxation of the Haulage Industry7, setting out options for introducing a road-user charge for lorries operating in the UK and seeking the views of the haulage industry, business and other stakeholders. | | | In recognition of the special circumstances, the Government has also agreed to waive the interest that is normally due on deferred payments. |
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| | Open Directory - Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: Government |
| | The Civil Service Year Book online - Official directory of the British Civil Service and United Kingdom (UK) government, with contacts, addresses, websites and email links. | | | Government Car and Despatch Agency - Securely transporting the UK's most influential people and important documents for the government and related entities. | | | Registering with the Government Gateway enables you to sign up for any of the UK Government's services that are available over the Internet. |
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| | UK and US Constitution Compared Essays |
| | In direct contrast to this the American constitution is rigid, it is entrenched against the whims of subsequent government who may want to change it, as it requires a substantial majority to make any amendments. | | | One clear difference between the two constitutions is the fact that one is codified and the other isnt. | | | The strengths of the US constitution being entrenched are that it is clearly outlined and it cannot be subje This paper is the property of House Of Essays.com Copyright 2003-2005 |
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| | JURIST - Paper Chase: UK House of Lords to review terror detentions Monday |
| | Alexandria Samuel at 8:59 PM On Monday, a full nine-member judicial panel of the House of Lords will consider if the UK government has the right to detain terror suspects without trial. | | | The English Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, will be arguing the case for detention at the head of the government's legal team. | | | The government contends the nine suspects in the particular proceeding before it cannot be put on trial because the evidence in their case is too secret. |
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| | Amazon.co.uk: Books: The Godless Constitution: Case Against Religious Correctness |
| | Many Christians were very upset with the "godless constitution" and founded various organizations that from 1863 to 1945 fought for an amendment that would provide a statement in the preamble "acknowledging Almighty God as the source of all authority and power in civil government..". | | | and eligible for Free UK delivery on orders over £19 with Super Saver Delivery. | | | In developing the constitution men like Jefferson, Monroe, and Madison were strongly influenced by the Enlightenment philosopher John Locke who believed that the function of Government was solely to keep the peace. |
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| | France - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about France |
| | The change of government did not interfere with the negotiations for a treaty of alliance with the UK, and the treaty was eventually signed at Dunkirk on 4 March 1947. | | | The issue of rule in Corsica was addressed by Jospin in July 2000 when he unveiled a plan for limited autonomy for the government there. | | | The government was severely shaken, but de Gaulle recovered; the elections of 1968 returned an enormous Gaullist majority, and a new phase of Gaullism seemed to be inaugurated by the appointment of Maurice Couve de Murville as prime minister. |
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| | Carrow's Irish Law Links |
| | The Assembly has full legislative and executive authority consistent with a parliamentary form of government. | | | Confused as to the interplay between the UK Parliament and the Northern Ireland Assembly? | | | The site includes a virtual tour of the parliament building and a guide to all the departments of the Irish government, together with contact information. |
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| | Regional Europe United_Kingdom Government |
| | Official directory of the British Civil Service and United Kingdom (UK) government, with contacts, addresses, websites and email links. | | | Registering with the Government Gateway enables you to sign up for any of the UK Government's services that are available over the Internet. | | | UK Government information portal providing a central reference point and directory for use during wide-ranging national emergencies such as firefighters' strikes and chemical or environmental disasters. |
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