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Britain: Commonwealth and Empire, 1901-1955

Book by Paul Knaplund; H. Hamilton, 1956

Subjects:

Great Britain--History--20th Century

Collections: History, Entire Library

...some of its parts reached a status of constitutional equality with the mother country. With Britain these independent countries formed a brotherhood of states called the British Commonwealth of Nations, an organization as novel...
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A Constitution for the Socialist Commonwealth of Great Britain

Book by Sidney Webb, Beatrice Webb; Longmans Green and Co., 1920

Subjects:

Reconstruction (1914-1939)--Great Britain, Socialism--Great Britain

Collections: History, Entire Library

...SOCIALIST COMMONWEALTH OF GREAT BRITAIN A CONSTITUTION FOR THE SOCIALIST COMMONWEALTH OF GREAT BRITAIN BY...upon the constitution that should...Need for Constitutional Reform...CO-OPERATIVE COMMONWEALTH OF TO-MORROW...
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Massachusetts, Colony to Commonwealth: Documents on the Formation of the Constitution, 1775-1780

Book by Robert J. Taylor; University of North Carolina Press, 1961

Subjects:

Constitutional History--Massachusetts, Constitutional Law--Massachusetts

Collections: History, Entire Library

...with Great Britain." Certainly...forcing upon us a Constitution so detested...new model our Constitution; but if there...with Great Britain to transfer...fundamental Constitution of Great Britain, which all political...
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Defining British Citizenship: Empire, Commonwealth, and Modern Britain

Book by Rieko Karatani; Frank Cass, 2003

Subjects:

Citizenship--Great Britain, Emigration And Immigration Law--Great Britain

Collections: Entire Library

Unlike many nations Britain had not developed a national citizenship by the 20th century. Instead belonging in Britain was merely a function of allegiance to the Crown. This lack of definition was seen as beneficial. Rieko Karatani explores the implications of such vagueness as a new millennium begins.
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Parliamentary Sovereignty and the Commonwealth

Book by Geoffrey Marshall; Clarendon Press, 1957

Subjects:

Legislative Power--Commonwealth Of Nations, Legislative Power--Great Britain

Collections: Entire Library

...of Great Britain, and it can...source of constitutional doctrine...from the Commonwealth point of...as Great Britain have only a material constitution. General...James v. Commonwealth of Australia...legislate in Britain and the Commonwealth have been...possessor of a constitution under which...

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Don McKinnon's CHOGM: W. David McIntyre Reports on the New Format Commonwealth Meetings Held in Malta in November 2005

Journal article by W. David Mcintyre; New Zealand International Review, Vol. 31, 2006

Subjects:

Commonwealth of Nations--Conferences, meetings and seminars, International agencies--Conferences, meetings and seminars, International organizations--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Malta--Conferences, meetings and seminars

Collections: Entire Library

...the action programme (CPADD), a new steering committee of Commonwealth agencies, and a special fund to implement targets. The CHOGM...in the light of President Musevenis recent change of the constitution to permit him to run for third term and the recent imprisonment...
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Union or Devolution in Cromwell's Britain

Journal article by Ivan Roots; History Review, 1997

Subjects:

Cromwell, Oliver--Political activity, United Kingdom--History, 1649-1660 (Commonwealth and Protectorate)

Collections: History, Entire Library

...feasible scheme to create I one commonwealth and free state out of the...entered into fundamental constitutional changes which culminated in...could visualise a real `Great Britain going beyond the union of...success in settling North Britain in the service of various...
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The English Constitution

Journal article by Adam Tomkins; Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 19, 2002

Subjects:

The English Constitution (Book)

Collections: Entire Library

...emergency Crown powers in order to safeguard Britains national security. (33) Bagehot would...attempt to band over to the judges the constitutional functions that he thought were Parliaments...am referring to the interregnum, or commonwealth: that is, to the Cromwellian period...
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Quartering Species: The "Living Constitution," the Third Amendment, and the Endangered Species Act

Journal article by Andrew P. Morriss, Richard L. Stroup; Environmental Law, Vol. 30, 2000

Subjects:

Constitutional law--Interpretation and construction, Endangered Species Act of 1973, Endangered species--Laws, regulations, etc., Right of property--Laws, regulations, etc., Soldiers--Billeting, United States Constitution--U.S. Const. amend. 3

Collections: Entire Library

...Barracks for the Borough: A Constitutional Question for Lancaster...Chance for the Empire, in 2 COMMONWEALTH HISTORY OF MASSACHUSETTS...HISTORIES: AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION THROUGH FOREIGN OFFICERS...C. DORF, ON READING THE CONSTITUTION 117 (1991). However, the...
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Citizenship, Rights and Emergency Powers in Second World War Australia

Journal article by Ilma Martinuzzi O'Brien; The Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 53, 2007

Subjects:

Allegiance (Law)--Interpretation and construction, Allegiance--Interpretation and construction, Australia (World War II)--Influence, Australia (World War II)--Political aspects, Australia (World War II)--Social aspects, Australia. National Security Act 1939, Australia--History, Citizenship--Political aspects, Citizenship--Social aspects, Civil rights--Australia, Civil rights--Censorship, Civil-military relations--Evaluation, Race discrimination, United Kingdom. Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900, War and emergency powers--Evaluation

Collections: History, Entire Library

...of the British Commonwealth, were accorded...the Australian constitution of 1901, in favour...relationship with Britain and the British Commonwealth gradually changed...parts of the Commonwealth, such as Great Britain or New Zealand...

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Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act

Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 50, July 2000

Subjects:

Australia--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...The text of the new constitution was essentially the...the best features of Britain and the United States...authority called the Commonwealth, drawn from, and responsible...as guardian of the constitution. Both houses were elected...Act to constitute the Commonwealth of Australia passed...
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South Africa and the Commonwealth Part One: The Years of Acrimony

Magazine article by James Hamill; Contemporary Review, Vol. 267, July 1995

Subjects:

Commonwealth of Nations--Relations with South Africa, South Africa--Relations with Commonwealth of Nations

Collections: Entire Library

...with apartheid South Africa. Although Britain remained strongly opposed to demands...periodically rose to the top of the Commonwealth agenda between 1965 and 1980. During...prominence. First, the new South African constitution, which had come into effect in 1984...
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Uganda: Ready for Commonwealth; the Commonwealth Holds Its Biennial Heads of Government Meeting in Kampala, Uganda, from 23-25 November. Tom Mbakwe and Derek Ingram (an Executive Committee Member of the Commonwealth's Human Rights Initiative), Have Looked through Their Crystal Balls and Seen Some Tough Issues Lying in Wait for the Kampala Meeting

Magazine article by Tom Mbakwe, Derek Ingram; New African, November 2007

Subjects:

Commonwealth of Nations--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Commonwealth of Nations--History, Prime ministers--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Uganda--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...the "White Commonwealth" comprising Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand...OMITTED As the popular belief goes, the Commonwealth is about human rights and democracy...he is still president. Ugandas 1995 constitution prescribed two-term limits for the presidency...
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Zimbabwe/Commonwealth: Africa Reacts

Magazine article; New African, January 2004

Subjects:

Commonwealth of Nations, Mugabe, Robert, Politics, Politics--Analysis

Collections: Entire Library

...are going to express this as a group ... Britain, Australia and Don McKinnon the Commonwealth secretary general showed little understanding...without cabinet approval in terms of the constitution, and is therefore unlawful. The people...
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Writing It Down: Gordon Brown's Promised Written Constitution-If It Happens-Won't Be the First in British History, as Patrick Little Reminds Us

Magazine article by Patrick Little; History Today, Vol. 58, January 2008

Subjects:

British constitution--Laws, regulations and rules, Brown, Gordon (British politician)--Laws, regulations and rules, Brown, Gordon (British politician)--Powers and duties, Prime ministers--Laws, regulations and rules, Prime ministers--Powers and duties

Collections: History, Entire Library

...was invited to become Lord Protector, under Britains first written constitution, the Instrument of Government. The first Article...that the supreme legislative authority of the Commonwealth ... shall be and reside in one person, and...

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INTERNATIONAL: Commonwealth Tells Musharraf We Will Suspend Pakistan

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), November 13, 2007

Subjects:

Musharraf, Pervez

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...of the nine-member Commonwealth Ministerial Action...suspension of Pakistans constitution and the declaration...countries, including Britains Lord Malloch-Brown...represented violations of the Commonwealth fundamental political...to be free and fair. Britain yesterday renewed calls...
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Britain Faces the EU

Newspaper article by Helle Bering-Jensen; The Washington Times, February 5, 1997

Subjects:

European Union, United Kingdom

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...superseded legally by the Treaty of Rome, the "constitution" of the EEC. There was also the question of what effect EEC membership would have on Britains leadership in the British Commonwealth of former colonies. Yet another set of...
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Honoring Our Founders; (Editora[euro][TM]s Note: Abolishing One Election Is like Blackening Our Proud Past as Noted by the Author.)

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, January 31, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Dec. 30, 1941, to Dec. 30. 1945. The Commonwealth treasury was empty and OsmeA+ or -a...on Dec. 30, 1945. To fully honor the Constitution, the term of office of the president...Great nations Great nations like the US, Britain, Japan, Italy, and France donat look...
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For Political Gains?

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, June 17, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...amendments. Quick political dominance The 1935 Commonwealth Constitution was amended by means of the constituent National...authority to review acts of parliament as practiced in Britain and 5) give the newly elected president ceremonial...
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Island's Fury at Plans to Abolish Death Penalty

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), November 2, 1998

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...use of the death penalty in one of the Commonwealth countries that retains the Privy Council...appeal. Trinidad and Tobago has accused Britain of "subverting and undermining" its...the countries where it is part of the Constitution as the final court of appeal. They...

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Great Britain

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...partners, and the Commonwealth countries...Government Great Britain is a constitutional monarchy...remained in the Commonwealth after independence. Great Britain joined the...Keir, The Constitutional History of Modern Britain since 1485...
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United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Mexico, China, Japan, Great Britain, Germany, and South Korea...federal republic set up by the Constitution of the United States , adopted...elected President under the Constitution was the hero of the Revolution...allayed friction with Great Britain. Hamilton, as Washingtons...
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Bahamas, The

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...The Bahamas are governed under the constitution of 1973 and have a parliamentary form...government, and the monarch of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, represented by...became a sovereign state within the Commonwealth of Nations. In 1992, after 25 years...
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Sri Lanka

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...member of the Commonwealth of Nations...and Great Britain are the largest...under the constitution of 1978...more liberal constitution was enacted...status in the Commonwealth of Nations...and Great Britain over compensation...adopted a new constitution, declared...membership in the Commonwealth of Nations...
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Massachusetts

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Articles of Confederation; this constitution was ratified by Massachusetts...reflected politically in the commonwealths unwavering adherence to the...the nation. War with Great Britain came anyway in 1812, and...transforming the character of the commonwealth and its people. Labor was...

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