scholarly journals Bringing the Mixed Constitution Back In

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 9-24
Author(s):  
Mary Liston
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Separation Of Powers ◽  
Public Law ◽  
Asphalt Mix ◽  
Mixed Constitution

No doubt exists that the separation of powers is a fundamental architectural principle in Canadian public law jurisprudence. But what about the idea of a mixed constitution? A simple CanLII search for “mixed constitution” turns up six cases. In five1 of these cases, the search reveals the following phrases: “pre-mix constituted goods,” “the mix constituting the excavated material,” “the Owners’ mixes constitute ‘bread and rolls’,” “the improper mixing constituted a fraudulent misrepresentation,” and “quality control for the asphalt mix constituted.” Clearly baking and aggregate blends figure largely in constituted mixes, but the constitutional jurisprudential sense is largely absent. That said, concerns about pre-mixing, constituted goods, excavating, improper mixing, and quality control do have some salience for the discussion that follows.

scholarly journals Interpretation of the Principle of Municipality Self-Reliance in the Context of Constitutional Principles of Law

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-119
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Daniluk
Keyword(s):  
Separation Of Powers ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Public Law ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Reliance ◽  
Democratic State ◽  
Inherent Feature ◽  
Subsidiarity Principle ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Judicial Protection

Abstract In the science of administrative and constitutional law, administration science and many other sciences, including political science, it is widely accepted that the basic, inherent feature of a municipality, deciding the essence of the territorial self-government unit as an entity of public administration, is the self-reliance it is entitled to. The self-reliance of territorial self-government units is even defined as a constitutional norm. In principle, self-reliance is perceived as a fundamental attribute of a decentralised public authority and constitutes one of the fundamental systemic principles of the Republic of Poland. It was formulated expressis verbis in art. 165 par. 2 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland, which states that the self-reliance of territorial self-government units is subject to judicial protection, meaning that TSGUs can defend themselves against illegal attempts, not grounded in the law to interfere in their self-reliance. This protection seems to encompass both the private-law and public-law spheres of territorial self-government activity. The essence and guarantees of territorial self-government units’ self-reliance also arise from other constitutional principles, including the aforementioned decentralisation principle, subsidiarity principle, separation of powers, supremacy of the nation and democratic state under rule of law. The goal of this article is to interpret the principle of municipal self-reliance in the context of constitutional principles of law, in the light of the Polish Constitution. The studies were conducted based on analysis of normative acts, doctrinal views and case law.

Concentrate Questions and Answers Public Law

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Clements
Keyword(s):  
Separation Of Powers ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Public Law ◽  
Police Powers ◽  
Parliamentary Sovereignty ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Questions And Answers ◽  
Human Rights Act ◽  
Human Rights Act 1998 ◽  
The Uk

The Q&A series offers the best preparation for tackling exam questions. Each chapter includes typical questions; diagram problem and essay answer plans, suggested answers, notes of caution, tips on obtaining extra marks, key debates on each topic and suggestions on further reading. Q&A Public Law covers a wide range of issues relating to public law. The first chapter offers an introduction to the subject, with particular emphasis on exams. The second chapter contains advice on coursework. This is followed by an examination of constitutions in terms of the nature and sources of the UK constitution, the rule of law, and the separation of powers. The text moves on to look at the royal prerogative, Parliament, and parliamentary sovereignty. Next the book considers the Human Rights Act 1998, followed by chapters looking at freedom to protest, police powers, and freedom of expression. Finally, the book considers administrative law and judicial review.

Public Law

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Stanton ◽  
Craig Prescott
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Separation Of Powers ◽  
Public Law ◽  
European Convention ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Parliamentary Sovereignty ◽  
Interesting Approach ◽  
Human Rights Act ◽  
The Uk

Public Law provides an interesting approach to constitutional and administrative law. Topics include: the UK constitution; the institutions of government and the separation of powers; the rule of law; Parliamentary sovereignty; and Parliamentary sovereignty, the European Union, and Brexit. It also looks at the Crown and the royal prerogative; central government; Parliament; and devolution and local government. Next it presents a number of judicial reviews in the following: illegality, irrationality and proportionality, and procedural impropriety. Finally, it considers administrative justice; the European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act; and human rights in the UK.

Public Law Concentrate

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Faragher
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Separation Of Powers ◽  
Public Law ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
Parliamentary Sovereignty ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Uk

Each Concentrate revision guide is packed with essential information, key cases, revision tips, exam Q&As, and more. Concentrates show you what to expect in a law exam, what examiners are looking for, and how to achieve extra marks. Public Law Concentrate looks at all aspects of constitutional law including sources, rule of law, separation of powers, role of the executive, constitutional monarchy, and the Royal Prerogative. It also discusses parliamentary sovereignty and the changing constitutional relationship between the UK and the EU together with the status of EU retained and converted law under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 as amended by the 2020 Act, the Agreement on Trade and Cooperation effective from 1 January 2021, and the European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020. Also covered are: administrative law, judicial review, human rights, police powers, public order, terrorism, the constitutional status of the Sewel Convention, legislative consent motion procedure, use of secondary legislation by the executive to amend law and make regulations creating criminal offences, especially under the Coronavirus Act 2020 and the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984, the separation of powers implications of Henry VIII Clauses, the constitutional role of the Horuse of Lords in scrutinizing and amending primary legislation, the Speakers’ Ruling in the House of Commons on Points of Order and the Contempt of Parliament Motion, whip system, back bench revolts, confidence and supply agreements in government formation, and current legislative and executive devolution in Northern Ireland. The book additionally examines the continuing impact of the HRA 1998 and the European Court of Human Rights on parliamentary sovereignty and the significance of the 2021 Independent Review of the HRA.

1. What is Public Law?

2021 ◽  
pp. 3-16
Author(s):  
Lisa Webley ◽  
Harriet Samuels
Keyword(s):  
Separation Of Powers ◽  
Public Law ◽  
The State ◽  
Immigration Law ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Responsible Government ◽  
Executive Action ◽  
Complete Series ◽  
Explanatory Text ◽  
Primary Materials

Titles in the Complete series combine extracts from a wide range of primary materials with clear explanatory text to provide readers with a complete introductory resource. This chapter provides an introduction to public law. Public law regulates the relationships between individuals (and organisations) with the state and its organs. Examples include criminal and immigration law and human rights-related issues. Public law is made up of a number of key principles designed to ensure a healthy, representative, law-abiding country that strikes a balance between the needs of the state and the needs of its citizens. Each of these principles is discussed in turn: the rule of law, separation of powers, representative democracy, supremacy of Parliament, limited and responsible government, and judicial review executive action by the courts.

scholarly journals Rule of Law and Its Guidelines and Indicators for Judiciary in Human Rights Issues

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 98
Author(s):  
Ebad Rouhi ◽  
Leila Raisi Dezaki ◽  
Mahmoud Jalali Karveh
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Separation Of Powers ◽  
Judicial Independence ◽  
Public Law ◽  
Judicial System ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Domestic Level ◽  
Rights Issues

The rule of law is one of the very polemical and controversial concepts in the field of public law and political thoughts. This concept has been acclaimed in both international and domestic level and can be observed in the practice of the United Nations and many of states practically. In the light of the principle of the rule of law at the meantime ruling by law can be strengthened and also security and peace, development, democracy and human rights can be protected and promoted. The rule of law and human rights as two concepts with mutually interacting to each other has noteworthy great importance. An independent and impartial judiciary such as linkage has an important role in strengthening both of them.Human rights, separation of powers and judicial independence are regarded as some basis of the rule of law and as well as its consequence. Thus, in this regard rule of law has p very guidelines and indicators which some of them related to the judicial systems of states. In the light of exercise of these guidelines human rights are better protected and promoted.These instructions and guidelines generally are provided in international and regional human rights instruments to enforce in every sector of the state and especially for judges and judicial power to protection and promotion of human rights. This article investigates the relationship between rule of law and judicial system to introduce some measures and indicators of the rule of law to enforce them in the judiciary for better protection and promotion of human rights.

Reply to Comments on “The Mixed Constitution and the Separation of Powers in Canada”

1987 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-130
Author(s):  
Philip Resnick
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Political Theory ◽  
Separation Of Powers ◽  
The State ◽  
Founding Fathers ◽  
British North America ◽  
Canadian Politics ◽  
Mixed Constitution

Both Janet Ajzenstat's and Rod Preece's comments on my article are welcome, not least in allowing me to further develop, by way of reply, some of the implications of the type of theorizing I have been engaged in. For quite aside from the particulars of my interpretation of Montesquieu's doctrines, of Professor Preece's reading of the wisdom of the Canadian founding fathers, or of Professor Ajzenstat's “Blackstonean” reading of theBritish North America Act, there is the larger question of the uses of classical political theory in the understanding of Canadian politics and the state that we need to address.

scholarly journals Constitutional Law Basis of Parliamentary Law of Russia

Lex Russica ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 62-69
Author(s):  
A. S. Koshel
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Constitutional Law ◽  
Separation Of Powers ◽  
Public Law ◽  
Legal Doctrine ◽  
Legal Norms ◽  
Procedural Law ◽  
Constitutional State ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Independent Branch

The article deals with the constitutional and legal basis for determining the system of parliamentary law: The subject matter, methods, and sources. It is stated that legal norms characterized by common features, internal unity and different from the norms of other branches of law form an independent branch (a sub-branch of constitutional) law. For now, the institutions of parliamentary law are studied within the framework of the theory of state and law, constitutional (state) law, and, to some extent, administrative law, and parliamentary procedural law is distinguished. In this regard, the article notes that the development of democracy and parliamentarism, the increasing importance of Parliament in the implementation of the principle of separation of powers always compels the legal doctrine to separate parliamentary law. The author substantiates the conclusion that constitutional law, as the leading branch of public law, regulates social relations that are usually called basic (constitutional) — or fundamental — in each area of life, while parliamentary law has theoretical and legal prerequisites for being separated into an independent branch (sub-branch of constitutional) law without violating the organic unity of constitutional law. Thus, the author believes that at the present level of democracy development it is possible to state the presence of prerequisites for the formation of a new branch (sub — branch) of law — parliamentary law.

scholarly journals BANKIERZY PUBLICZNI W ŹRÓDŁACH PRAWA RZYMSKIEGO

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Piotr Niczyporuk
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Public Law ◽  
The State ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Roman Law ◽  
Peak Period ◽  
Legal Literature ◽  
Ab Urbe Condita ◽  
High Regard

PUBLIC BANKERS IN ROMAN LAW SOURCESSummaryThe Romans had an extensive terminology for persons who engaged in banking activities; however, only nummularii and mensarii pursued activities on behalf of the State. Their operations may be regarded as public banking in the broad sense of the term, and were conducted from the 4th century BC until the 3rd century AD. Banking was of key importance in the peak period of growth for Roman trading and financial operations, and this is confirmed in the sources for Roman law. We do not have any records for the bankers referred to as nummularii until the period of classical Roman law, when we get fragmentary references to them in the writings of Roman jurists. There are only two passages on their public activities in the quality control and exchange of coinage; the first is by Sextus Caecilius Africanus, and the second is Ulpian’s commentary on the duties of the prefectus Urbi. Other references to them in the works of Roman jurists relate to their operations concerning deposits and credit, and as such do not belong to the sphere of public law. We get more mentions of public bankers in the Roman non-legal literature. Mensarii, who performed a certain type of public banking duties, are referred to in Livy’s Ab urbe condita. Cicero, Suetonius, and Festus also wrote about them. Moreover, Grammaticus treated the term mensarii as synonymous with nummularii. Presumably the two categories of public bankers were considered to be generally respected individuals. We also have mentions of the nummularii in the non-legal literature. In his Satyricon Petronius esteemed their skills of assessing the quality of coins; they were also held in high regard by Martial, Suetonius, and Apuleius. Suetonius wrote of the severe penalties imposed on the nummularii by the Emperor Galba. On the other hand, all we get in the epigraphic sources, mostly tombstone inscriptions from Rome, elsewhere in Italy, and the western provinces, are records of the activities of the nummularii for the quality control and exchange of coinage, considered an important duty from the point of view of the State. In fact the non-legal and epigraphic literature of Rome tells us more about public bankers than do the sources on Roman law. Their work did not give rise to many legal problems, as we may conclude from the fact they are mentioned only in two juridical passages. The assessment of the quality of coins and their exchange, and other banking activities on behalf of the State were sufficiently supervised by Roman administrative officers, so there was no need for jurists to comment on them at length.

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