This report is concerned with the changes that may be brought to the workings of the UK constitution, rather than the operation of the EU's institutions and processes. The Committee welcomes the Bill's provision that Parliament must give approval before the Government can ratify any future amendments to the founding treaties. Parliament should also take close interest in scrutinising initiatives on the functioning of the EU to ensure they comply with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality. The Lisbon Treaty, if ratified, should provide a welcome period of stability in the institutional framework of the EU. The report then considers: defining the EU's competences; people's rights and responsibilities; citizenship; the UK Parliament and parliamentary supremacy; nations and regions; the area of freedom, security and justice; and, courts and the judiciary.

Features evidence that is taken before sub-committee F (Home Affairs).

An Act to define the term 'green energy', and to promote its development, installation and usage.

An Act to make provision in relation to the Law Commission.

This title took Royal assent in 12th November 2009. An Act to make provision for the purposes of promoting public involvement in relation to local authorities and other public authorities; to make provision about bodies representing the interests of tenants; to make provision about local freedoms and honorary titles; to make provision about the procedures of local authorities, their powers relating to insurance and the audit of entities connected with them; to establish the Local Government Boundary Commission for England and to make provision relating to local government boundary and electoral change; to make provision about local and regional development; and, to amend the law relating to construction contracts. Explanatory notes to assist in the understanding of the Act are available separately (ISBN 9780105620099).

After a distinguished career as a jurist in Germany, Alfred Oppler came to the United States in 1939, and in 1946 was invited to Tokyo, where he was SCAP's authority on reform of the Japanese legal order to implement the principles of the new Constitution. Here is his account of the legal reforms and the methods used to achieve them. The author describes the wide scope of his activities, which included a vigorous promotion of civil liberties, surveillance of relevant legislation, and observation of the administration of justice throughout the country. He focuses on the Continental nature of the Japanese law and analyzes the American objectives as well as the personalities of the Occupation and of Japanese with whom he negotiated. Special chapters describe the Supreme Court mission to the United States (which the author escorted), the removal of General MacArthur, and the author's post-Occupation work on Japanese, Korean, and Ryukyuan problems. Treating all aspects of the legal reforms, this book provides insights into Japan during and after the Occupation. Originally published in 1976. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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