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| | Constitution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | 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. | | | States such as the United Kingdom that have uncodified constitution are usually ones in which there is parliamentary supremacy and in which the constitution can be changed by a simple statute law and in which the courts do not have the authority to strike down statutes passed by parliament and declare them to be unconstitutional. |
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| | Parliament of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In the Factortame case, the European Court of Justice ruled that UK courts could have powers to overturn legislation contravening EU law. | | | Contempt of Parliament — for example, disobedience of a subpoena issued by a committee — may also be punished. | | | Thus, each Parliament is separately numbered, the present Parliament being the Fifty-Fourth Parliament of the United Kingdom (that is to say, the fifty-fourth Parliament summoned since the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801). |
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| | Constitution of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | 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. | | | Since entrenched "constitutional law" does not exist, the UK constitution is flexible, as opposed to rigid constitutions such as the Constitution of the United States. |
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| | UK Constitution - time to write it down? |
| | Lord Woolf, the Lord Chief Justice, has reversed his position on the need for the UK's constitution to be amended. | | | Lord Woolf, the Lord Chief Justice, has reversed his position on the need for the UK's constitution to be amended. | | | A system such as our which relies on Constitutional conventions and some written documents rather than relying on the judiciary to interpret an entrenched rule-book is more democratic than other systems. |
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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. | | | Parliament represents the entire country and can legislate for the whole or for any constituent part or combination of parts. |
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http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/world/uk.htm
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| | Statewatch News online: UK - Parliament scrutiny committee savages proposals on EU arrest warrant |
| | We therefore recommend that Clause 2(5) be amended to provide that the UK judicial authority may not issue a Clause 2 certificate unless it believes that the Part 1 warrant was issued by such a judicial authority (paragraph 63). | | | They acknowledge that the UK is now committed to the adoption of the European Arrest Warrant, but recommend that the Home Secretary give consideration to a proposal aimed at providing some safeguard against abuses of this new procedure. | | | In particular, they are concerned about the erosion of the safeguard of "dual criminality" (whereby the offence for which extradition is sought must also constitute an offence under UK law) and the ill-defined nature of the 32 categories of offence which will be exempt from the dual criminality requirement. |
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| | IAML(UK & Irl): Constitution |
| | Motions to alter the Constitution, except for those proposed by the Executive Committee, must be proposed and seconded and signed by the proposer and seconder, both of whom, subject only to Article VI(5), must be paid-up members. | | | Subject to the overriding authority of a General Meeting of the Branch, the interpretation of the Constitution shall be a matter for the Executive Committee. | | | A postal ballot on a constitutional matter may be requisitioned only by a majority at a General Meeting. |
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| | i-uk.com Did you know? - Constitution and system of government |
| | However, since the UK joined the European Community in 1973, the rulings of the European Court of Human Justice have increasingly determined and codified sections of UK law in those areas covered by the various treaties to which the UK is a party. | | | In the process the UK's constitutional and legal arrangements are beginning to resemble those of Europe. | | | All UK citizens together with citizens of other Commonwealth countries and citizens of the Irish Republic resident in the UK may vote, provided they are aged 18 years or over and not legally barred from voting. |
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| | Guardian Unlimited Special reports Afghanistan unveils draft constitution |
| | UK court convicts Afghan warlord of 'heinous' crimes | | | The document, which has 12 chapters and 160 articles, was drafted by a 35-member constitutional review commission. | | | World briefing: Britain may be left to hold the fort in Afghanistan |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,1076742,00.html
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| | Seniors Network - Unincorporated Associations |
| | There will inevitably be disagreement as to the content of the rules if they are oral, a written constitution at least sets out the rules even if there is dispute as to their precise effect. | | | It is better to rely on clear rules in a written constitution rather than the general law. | | | There is no legal requirement for an unincorporated association to have a formal constitution or written set of rules. |
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http://www.seniorsnetwork.co.uk/constitution/constitutions.htm
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| | BBC News Talking Politics The evolving British constitution |
| | 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. | | | The UK is a constitutional monarchy and the Queen is often seen as little more than a figurehead. | | | 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. |
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| | .uk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | .uk is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the United Kingdom. | | | The use of.uk rather than.gb for the top-level domain is due to its pre-existing use in the (now obsolete) JANET Name Registration Scheme in which the order of address components were reversed. | | | It is prohibited to register a domain name directly under.uk (such as.internet.uk) and a second-level domain must be used (such as internet.co.uk). |
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| | BBC NEWS World Europe What the EU constitution says |
| | A constitution for the European Union was agreed in Brussels on 18 June, 2004. | | | The constitution brings together for the first time the many treaties and agreements on which the EU is based. | | | The EU will for the first time have a "legal personality" and its laws will trump those of national parliaments: "The Constitution and law adopted by the Union institutions in exercising competence conferred upon it by the Constitution shall have primacy over the law of the member states." |
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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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| | UK Constitution and Government: Constitution - Wikibooks |
| | Since the UK is a part of the European Union, laws passed by the Union's Parliament are a part of British law. | | | Since, however, many parts of the constitution are indeed in written form, it would be more accurate to refer to the body of British constitution as an uncodified constitution. | | | Treaties are considered part of the law, but do not have effect in the United Kingdom unless an Act of Parliament otherwise directs. |
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| | English law guideL |
| | Daily updated index to wide range of unreported cases, with summaries back 20 years and links to other case law and legislation; index of articles from major UK legal publications; legislation and case citator; statute summaries and legislation tracking service (commencement and repeals, Bills and Command Papers) and jobs in law. | | | Daily updated index to wide range of unreported cases, with summaries back 20 years and links to other case law and legislation; index of articles from major UK legal publications; legislation and case citator; statute summaries and legislation tracking service (commencement and repeals, Bills and Command Papers) and jobs in law.Covers 50 academic legal journals. | | | Lists recent judgements published in the Law reports, provides a Daily Law Notes Service a 24 hour service providing updates from the House of Lords, the Privy Council, the Court of Appeal and all divisions of the High Court. |
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| | Jane Austen Society UK : Constitution |
| | Nothing in this constitution shall be deemed to have dissolved the Jane Austen Society under the previous constitution and any annual or life membership, contracts, agreements or arrangements subsisting under the previous constitution shall and shall be deemed to continue under the new constitution. | | | No amendment may be made to clause A (the name of the Charity clause), clause C (the objects clause), clause I (Executive Committee members not to be personally interested clause), clause U (the dissolution clause) or this clause without the prior consent in writing of the Commissioners. | | | The Executive Committee may from time to time make and alter rules for the conduct of their business, the summoning and conduct of their meetings and the custody of documents. |
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| | Acts of the UK Parliament |
| | The aim is to publish all new Acts of the UK Parliament on the Internet simultaneously with or, at least within 24 hours of their publication in printed form. | | | The full text of Bills currently before the UK Parliament can be accessed via the UK Parliament website. | | | All Public General Acts appear as originally passed by the UK Parliament. |
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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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| | Starting research in UK Law |
| | Kept next to the Acts of the UK Parliament (Public and General) Local Acts from 1798 to 1903 are in the Library store (twice weekly delivery) whilst 1904-1970 are held in the Library stack (daily delivery) These must be requested using a Stack/Store request from available from the enquiry desks. | | | For the UK Parliament the Official Report is the verbatim transcript of debates in both Houses and is universally known as Hansard, being named after the Hansard family who published the reports of parliamentary debates for almost the entire nineteenth century. | | | Acts that apply to the whole of the UK or to England and Wales only are included but those that apply purely to Scotland are not. |
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| | UK Patent Law |
| | The Patent Law of the UK is codified in the Patents Act 1977, which came into force in 1978. | | | Most of the departures from the 1949 Act were enacted in order to conform to the new international treaties to which the UK was signatory; notably, the European Patent Convention; the Community Patent Convention; and the Patent Co-operation Treaty. | | | The 1977 Act marked a major departure in UK patent law from the evolutionary series of Patent Acts which had preceded it since the Statute of Monopolies of 1623, the last of which was the Patents Act 1949. |
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| | Landlord-Law Online : Information and Resources for Landlords and Tenants - Tenancy agreements, Landlord information, Property rental |
| | From the start the site had tenancy agreements landlord law a 'questions and answers' section and it was mainly through this that Tessa became aware that there was a great need for clear and easy to understand legal information for both landlords and tenants. | | | Strictly speaking landlord law landlord information it should also include reference to ground 8 (and the other relevant sections) of the Housing Act 1988. | | | We've served a Section 8 notice but noticed that during the fixed term the court doesn't have to award possession even under ground 8 landlord and tenant landlord law unless it's referred to in the Tenancy. |
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| | Drug Law A British Viewpoint |
| | Imagine that this regime introduced a law which banned dance parties unless they were authorized by the state, and even then the parties would only be allowed to be of limited duration and on state-licensed premises. | | | Britain's archaic licensing laws demand that public entertainments such as nightclubs must be licensed, not just for fire and safety as one might reasonably expect Safety Nazis to demand, but also to serve drink, to play music and to allow dancing. | | | Putting nonviolent offenders in prison and diverting law enforcement resources that could be used to serve and protect society as a whole might not be a very good decision. |
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| | UK Law Information Databases Learning Centre Sheffield Hallam University |
| | UK academic gateway to high quality internet resources in the social sciences. | | | Series of law reports and statutory materials in full text from freely available sources on the internet covering the various jurisdictions in Great Britain, Ireland and also cases from the Court of Justice of the European Communities. | | | The Times Law Reports are also available on LexisNexis Professional from July 1985 to the present. |
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| | Direct Democracy in England |
| | Changes of the European treaties that implicate constitutional changes for the UK like the Maastricht Treaty are implemented by amending the European Communities Act 1972. | | | When the UK joined the Community, accession was preceded by the passing of the European Communities Act 1972 which made the Treaty and the law deriving from it applicable within the UK. | | | Under British constitutional practice, the passage of the implementing legislation is not formally part of ratification, but it must precede ratification. |
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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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| | 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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| | LLRX.com - The Electronic Parliament: Resources for Tracking U.K. Legislation |
| | Lawtel-- is a subscription based UK database supplying domestic and European information to legal professionals throughout the country. | | | When a bill is introduced in Parliament it follows one of two paths, depending on which chamber of Parliament it was introduced (see chart). | | | Unlike an act of the U.S. Congress that may be vetoed by the President, the Crown has not withheld its assent to a bill passed by Parliament since 1707. |
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