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Checks, Balance and Judicial Wizardry : Constitutional Delegation and Congressional Legislation
Reis, Robert I. - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128255
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Crowd Sourced Legislation and Politics : The Legitimacy of Constitutional Deliberation in Romania
Gherghina, Sergiu - 2015
Constitutional reform is a tedious process that requires long periods of time, a relatively broad consensus among the political actors, and often needs popular approval. In spite of these, Romania changed its constitution once (2003) and witnessed several unsuccessful revisions. The most recent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013011807
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Assessing the Constitutionality of Legislation : Constitutional Review in Taiwan's Legislative Yuan
Jones, Brian Christopher - 2015
This article examines the constitutional interpretative authority of Taiwan's Legislative Yuan, while incorporating international viewpoints on constitutional review primarily from the United Kingdom and United States. It contends that Taiwan possesses an over-reliance on legal constitutionalism...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013019884
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Legislated Rights and Contemporary Constitutional Government
Webber, Grégoire; Ekins, Richard - 2021
This reply, written for a symposium in (2020) 11 Jurisprudence on Legislated Rights: Securing Human Rights Through Legislation (Cambridge University Press 2018, pb 2019), engages with the careful, constructive, and critical challenges of Timothy Endicott, Dimitris Tsarapatsanis, and Lael Weis....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013244029
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Housing Rights in Constitutional Legislation : A Conceptual Classification
Oren, Michelle L.; Alterman, Rachelle; Zilbershatz, Yaffa - 2021
Housing rights are conditions granted by statutes or entitlements by law that rest on the understanding of a need for housing and imply certain duties and obligations either taken by the state or other entities and individuals. At the international level, housing rights are embedded in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013312325
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The Independence of South African Judges : A Constitutional and Legislative Perspective
Siyo, Lunga - 2016
Judicial independence is fundamental to democracy. It is in that context that this paper considers whether the existing constitutional and legislative mechanisms provide sufficient judicial independence to South African judges. In so doing, the paper focuses on impartiality, judicial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012999420
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‘Delegated’ Legislation in the (New) European Union : A Constitutional Analysis
Schutze, Robert - 2011
This article brings classic constitutionalism to an analysis of delegated legislation in the European Union. To facilitate such a constitutional analysis, it starts with a comparative excursion introducing the judicial and political safeguards on executive legislation in American...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014178492
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Supermajority Provisions, Guinn v. Legislature and a Flawed Constitutional Structure
Johnson, Steve R. - 2011
The constitutional crisis of 2003 was a defining event for Nevada and may prove instructive for the rest of the nation. Among the prominent features in the topography of the crisis were (1) state constitutional provisions that required two-thirds legislative approval for tax increases but only...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014178514
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The Dawn of Constitutionalism in Nigeria
Diala, Anthony - 2017
Constitutionalism in Nigeria has been crisis-ridden since independence in 1960. These crises flow from issues such as … amend it in 2010. In examining post-independence constitution-making in Nigeria, this chapter finds that military rule … blighted Nigeria's capacity to respond appropriately to the challenges of federalism. It argues that although deficient in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012953561
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Inequities in the Constitutional Allocation of Taxing Rights in Nigeria
Uzo-Peters, Adure - 2017
In the wake of the recent fall in oil prices globally, it has become apparent that Nigeria's revenue has dropped … appropriate taxes to increase revenue has forced state and local governments in Nigeria to levy numerous taxes that are ultra … taxing rights and considers the revenue allocation regime in Nigeria to give an accurate picture of the predicament of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012962792