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Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Constitutional & administrative law
When we discuss constitutional law, we usually focus on the
constitutional rules that apply to what the government does. Far
less clear are the constitutional rules that apply to what the
government says. When does the speech of this unusually powerful
speaker violate our constitutional rights and liberties? More
specifically, when does the government's expression threaten
liberty or equality? And under what circumstances does the
Constitution prohibit our government from lying to us? In The
Government's Speech and the Constitution, Professor Helen Norton
investigates the variety and abundance of the government's speech,
from early proclamations and simple pamphlets, to the electronic
media of radio and television, and ultimately to today's digital
age. This enables us to understand how the government's speech has
changed the world for better and for worse, and why the
government's speech deserves our attention, and at times our
concern.
Twenty Years at Hull House, by the acclaimed memoir of social
reformer Jane Addams, is presented here complete with all
sixty-three of the original illustrations and the biographical
notes. A landmark autobiography in terms of opening the eyes of
Americans to the plight of the industrial revolution, Twenty Years
at Hull House has been applauded for its unflinching descriptions
of the poverty and degradation of the era. Jane Addams also details
the grave ill-health she suffered during and after her childhood,
giving the reader insight into the adversity which she would
re-purpose into a drive to alleviate the suffering of others. The
process by which Addams founded Hull House in Chicago is detailed;
the sheer scale and severity of the poverty in the city she and
others witnessed, the search for the perfect location, and the
numerous difficulties she and her fellow activists encountered
while establishing and maintaining the house are detailed.
Title 40 presents regulations governing care of the environment
from the 14 subchapters of Chapter I and from the provisions
regarding the Council on Environmental Quality found in Chapter V.
Programs addressing air, water, pesticides, radiation protection,
and noise abatement are included. Practices for waste and toxic
materials disposal and clean-up are also prescribed. Additions and
revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by July.
Publication follows within six months.
This collection analyses the place and the functioning of
interparliamentary cooperation in the EU composite constitutional
order, taking into account both the European and the national
dimensions. The chapters join the recent scholarship on the role of
parliaments in the EU after the Treaty of Lisbon.The aim of this
volume is to highlight the constitutional significance of
interparliamentary cooperation as a permanent feature of EU
democracy and as a new parliamentary function as well as to
investigate the practical side of this relatively new phenomenon.
To this end the contributors are academics and parliamentary
officials from all over Europe. The volume discusses the
developments in interparliamentary cooperation and its implications
for the organisation and procedures of national parliaments and the
European Parliament, for the fragmented executive of the EU, and
for the democratic legitimacy of the overall EU composite
Constitution. These issues are examined by looking at the European
legislative process, the European Semester and the Treaty
revisions. Moreover, the contributions take into account the
effects of interparliamentary cooperation on the internal structure
of parliaments and analyse the different models of
interparliamentary cooperation, ie from COSAC to the new
Interparliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination
and Governance in the European Union provided by the Fiscal
Compact.
This book evaluates the national implementation of the United
Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(CRPD) in ASEAN. Working with country-specific research teams, the
contributors compiled detailed case-studies of CRPD implementation
in each country in ASEAN. This book presents a detailed overview of
the problem, the relevant literature, and the conceptual framework,
and then it explores the implementation of the CRPD in each of the
ten countries in Southeast Asia. Details include the factors that
influenced each country to ratify the CRPD, the focal point
structure of implementation, the independent mechanism established
to monitor the implementation, and the civil society organizations
involved. This book also evaluates the implications of CRPD
implementation for human rights and development in ASEAN, including
the degree of institutionalized support for persons with
disabilities, the development objectives of the CRPD against the
strategic objectives of the ASEAN economic community and the
broader ASEAN community, and the way these developments compare
with those in other countries and regions. Working with
country-specific research teams, the editors compiled detailed
case-studies of CRPD implementation on each country in ASEAN. This
book presents a detailed overview of the problem and the relevant
literature. The contributors also offer conclusions on the research
and national and ASEAN-level recommendations for moving forward.
Research on comparative administrative law, in contrast to
comparative constitutional law, remains largely underdeveloped.
This book plugs that gap. It considers how a wide range of common
law systems have received and adapted English common law to the
needs of their own socio-political context. Readers will be given
complex insights into a wide range of common law systems of
administrative law, which they may not otherwise have access to
given how difficult it would be to research all of the systems
covered in the volume single-handedly. The book covers Scotland,
Ireland, the USA, Canada, Israel, South Africa, Kenya, Malaysia,
Singapore, Hong Kong SAR, India, Bangladesh, Australia and New
Zealand. Comparative public lawyers will have a much greater range
of common law models of administrative law - either to pursue
conversations about their own common law system or to sophisticate
their comparison of their system (civil law or otherwise) with
common law systems.
Increased diversity and shifting social identities have created
significant effects on contemporary legislative systems. These
shifts have altered how legislative bodies conduct, implement, and
pass various policies and bills. Impacts of Faith-Based Decision
Making on the Individual-Level Legislative Process: Emerging
Research and Opportunities is an innovative source of scholarly
material on the religious influences of modern society on marital
law. Including perspectives on topics such as same-sex marriage,
religious values, and bill sponsorship, this book is ideally
designed for researchers, academics, professionals, graduate
students, and policy makers interested in the latest developments
on legislative decision making.
Title 47 presents regulations impacting equipment, carrier
services, broadcast radio services, safety and special radio
services, and policies related to national security. Additions and
revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by
October. Publication follows within six months.
Migration, participation, and citizenship, are central political
and social concerns, are deeply affected by money. The role of
money - tangible, intangible, conceptual, and as a policy tool - is
understudied, overlooked, and analytically underdeveloped. For
sending and receiving societies, migrants, their families,
employers, NGOs, or private institutions, money defines the border,
inclusion or exclusion, opportunity structures, and equality or the
lack thereof. Through the analytical lens of money, the chapters in
this book expose hidden and sometimes contradictory policy
objectives, unwanted consequences, and inconsistent regulatory
structures. The authors from a range of fields provide multiple
perspectives on how money shapes decisions from all actors in
migration trajectories, from micro to macro level. Taking an
interdisciplinary approach, the book draws on case studies from
Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Africa. This comprehensive overview
brings to light the deep global impacts money has on migration and
citizenship.
Myanmar's Constitution of 2008 was the 'road map' for the reform
process that began in 2011. Despite extensive criticism of this
Constitution for its emphasis on the role of the military, much
progress has been made towards constitutional government and law
reform. With the election of the opposition NLD to government in
the general election of November 2015 and the presidential
electoral college election of March 2016,now is the time to
consider the Constitution, and prospects and needs for
constitutional change as Myanmar moves towards democracy and the
rule of law. Much has been made of the Constitution's rigidity,
which is seen as an obstacle to reform and inconsistent with
embracing the rule of law, human rights and multi-party democracy,
especially with a rapidly transforming state and society.
Nonetheless, the Constitution is also seen as having potential to
be a very positive force for reform. Many issues arise now for
constitutionalism and constitutional change: presidency; federalism
and territorial governance; the status of minorities and freedom of
religion; civil liberties in what is described as a
'discipline-flourishing democracy'; the courts, justice and the
rule of law; the electoral system; and many more. This book is an
attempt to gauge the extent and potential for the entrenchment of
constitutionalism in Myanmar in a rapidly changing environment.
Title 40 presents regulations governing care of the environment
from the 14 subchapters of Chapter I and from the provisions
regarding the Council on Environmental Quality found in Chapter V.
Programs addressing air, water, pesticides, radiation protection,
and noise abatement are included. Practices for waste and toxic
materials disposal and clean-up are also prescribed. Additions and
revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by July.
Publication follows within six months.
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