Conventions and Democracy

The purpose of this article is to consider how the introduction of a special Parliamentary select committee could extend democratic influences in the evolution of binding non-legal constitutional practices.1 Following a consideration of other possible avenues of reform, it will be suggested that whilst political actors should continue both to initiate new conventional practices, and to interpret and to adapt existing ones, an enhanced parliamentary engagement in the scrutiny of conventions would contribute to a more accountable government. There should be a systematic parliamentary participation in the debate surrounding the evolution and interpretation of conventions, which would require the executive to justify and explain constitutional change. A unique kind of select committee having special orders of reference is proposed to fulfil these purposes

Reform of the House of Lords in British politics 1970-1992.

PhDPerceived obstruction of the Labour government's legislative programme in the mid-1970s sparked renewed interest in tackling the House of Lords. A Labour Party study group recommended outright abolition and this was adopted as policy, notwithstanding questions about the practicalities. The Prime Minister, James Callaghan, failed to prevent this; and his last minute attempt to block its inclusion in the 1979 manifesto, while successful, led to a major row which had significant repercussIons. The alternative policy was then to curtail drastically the Lords' powers, at least as a first step, but the arguments continued into the early 1980s. Labour's policy was a major influence in leading the Conservatives to set up a committee under Lord Home, which in ] 978 came forward with radical proposals, involving a partly or wholly elected chamber. However, these were never formally adopted as Conservative policy and, in office, particularly after the emphatic election victory of 1983, ministers became increasingly complacent and content to maintain the status quo. The Lords meanwhile showed themselves willing to defeat the government on occasion; but while this may have been an irritant, on crucial issues it could usually rely on 'backwoodsmen' to get its way and the Thatcher government seems never seriously to have contemplated legislation. The expenence of opposition in the 1980s led Labour, with the Parliamentary leadership more to the fore in its Policy Review, to change its approach. Now seeing the second chamber as a potential ally in safeguarding future reforms to constitutional and human rights, it supported a fully elected chamber; and the position of the Liberal Democrats was broadly similar. The question of Lords' reform had a significant influence on the politics of the time. illustrating the potential uses and limitations of prime ministerial power and changing perspectives between government and oppositio

Teaching the social studies in the secondary schools in Japan during the allied occupation.

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston Universit

The British Labour Party and the reform of the House of Lords, 1918 to date.

Thesis (M.A.

Lectures on the Law and Labor-Management Relations

The 1950 Summer Institute on International and Comparative Law recognized the great importance, all over the world, of the problems of labor-management relations and the accelerating pace of development of labor law. The Institute sought, through the techniques of lecture, comment, and panel discussion, to provide a basis for an informed appraisal of some of the most challenging questions in this area. For the most part the program dealt with the problems arising in the attempt in the United States and in other countries to develop and apply legal standards to labor-management relations. Underlying the legal framework, however, are major questions of socio-economic policy which necessarily confront the legislator, judge, and lawyer. In recognition of this fact, the program included discussions of significant historical and economic aspects of unionism and collective bargaining.https://repository.law.umich.edu/summer_institute/1001/thumbnail.jp

A study of the position op the individual in international law

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Growth and development of Puerto Rican studies departments : a case study of two departments at the City University of New York.

EducationDoctor of Education (Ed.D.

Crisis and Legitimacy in Atlantic American Narratives of Piracy, 1678-1865

The book traces the construction and function of the pirate in transatlantic American literature from the late 17th century to the Civil War, exploring in what ways the cultural imaginary teased out the pirate’s ambivalent potential as a figure of both identification and Othering, and how it has been used to negotiate ideas of legitimacy. The study recasts piracy as a discursive category moving in a continuum between the propagation of (post-)colonial adventure and accumulation on the one hand and critical commentary on exploitation and oppression on the other. Reading piracy narratives as symptomatic of various crisis scenarios in the US context, the book examines how the pirate was imbued with (de)legitimatory meaning during such periods in both elite and popular texts.Die Studie zeichnet die Konstruktion und Funktion des Piraten in der transatlantisch-amerikanischen Erzählliteratur vom späten 17. Jahrhundert bis zum Sezessionskrieg nach und untersucht, wie das ambivalente Potential der Figur zwischen Identifikation und Alterisierung genutzt wurde, um Vorstellungen von Legitimität und Macht zur Verhandlung zu stellen. Das Buch begreift Piraterie als diskursive Kategorie im Kontinuum zwischen Propagierung (post-)kolonialen Abenteuers und Akkumulation einerseits und kritischem Kommentar zu Ausbeutung und Unterdrückung andererseits. Piratenerzählungen werden als symptomatisch im Kontext verschiedener kolonialer und nationaler Krisenszenarien verstanden, die u.a. Sklaverei, Geschlecht oder Identität zur Diskussion stellen