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Books on: britain commonwealth constitution

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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

...contemplated in the British Constitution. It would be civil war...how completely, the British Constitution has been changed by the gradual...In eighteenth-century Britain the Constitution provided for a "balance of...
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The Right to Property in Commonwealth Constitutions

Book by Tom Allen; Cambridge University Press, 2000

Subjects:

Compensation (Law)--Commonwealth Countries, Eminent Domain--Commonwealth Countries, Right Of Property--Commonwealth Countries

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...of war, and not to the sovereign. 101 In Britain, Parliament took the same position, and...for acts of destruction that occur in Great Britain. 103 Sir Kenneth Roberts-Wray, Commonwealth and Colonial Law London: Stevens Sons...
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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

...traditions as em bodied in the made in Britain constitution of the Cape, of the humanitarianism...was charged with truck ling to Britain and favouring the black man...Minor nor promised support to Britain in case of a Turkish war. Smuts...
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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

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...Holland, R.E., Britain and the Commonwealth Alliance 1918-1939...A., The Irish in Britain , Routledge, London...Sovereignty of the British Commonwealth , Macmillan, London, 1929. -- The Constitution Law of the British...
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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

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...effective basic norm of the constitution is an Australian one...for this purpose the Commonwealth Parliament must function...and Government of the Commonwealth 6 -- since Parliament and Government of the Commonwealth is intended by the...amendment to be obtained in Britain by any request from...

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Journal Articles on: britain commonwealth constitution

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Canada and the Creation of the Commonwealth Secretariat, 1965

Journal article by W. David McIntyre; International Journal, Vol. 53, 1998

Subjects:

Commonwealth of Nations, History, Smith, Arnold

Collections: History, Entire Library

...decolonization on the Commonwealth. The British Commonwealth of Nations, as...unique structure. Britain and the six dominions...adopted a republican constitution and stayed neutral...association with the Commonwealth. The most frequently...
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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

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...the Director of the Commonwealth Foundation, wants...2005. In recent years Commonwealth meetings have followed...adopted in 1997 when Britain hosted them in Edinburgh...designated the Year of the Commonwealth. It was also the golden...
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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

...presumably under a British constitution. Poor politics, the election...the United Kingdom -- Great Britain -- in 1801 was rather ad...the two major ones of Great Britain and Ireland. Taking together...declaring `the right of this Commonwealth to so much of Scotland (the...
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Whose Constitution Is It? Why Federalism and Constitutional Positivism Don't Mix

Journal article by James A. Gardner; William and Mary Law Review, Vol. 46, 2005

Subjects:

Constitutional interpretation--Methods, Constitutional law--Interpretation and construction, Constitutional law--Methods, Constitutions, State--Interpretation and construction, Federalism--Evaluation, Legal positivism--Usage, State constitutions--Interpretation and construction

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...the meaning of the state constitution; doubtless some provisions of state constitutions owe their contemporary...meaning associated with that constitution. Instead, interpreters of state constitutions must recognize that elucidation...existence to a 1961 colonial constitution conferred by Britain, yet were permitted to...
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The English Constitution

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

Subjects:

The English Constitution (Book)

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...uncodified British constitution is due to the timing...too early. Written constitutions are neither natural...eighteenth century. Had Britain experienced invasion...highly likely that its constitution would now look much...French, or the German constitutions. In the period since...the modern written constitution, Britains political...in 1707) to form Britain; Britains union...

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Magazine Articles on: britain commonwealth constitution

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Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act

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

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Australia--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act by Richard Cavendish...the best features of Britain and the United States...authority called the Commonwealth, drawn from, and...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

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...relationship with Britain - to survive the severing of Commonwealth links. Indeed...towards the Commonwealth was based not...animosity towards Britain - whatever...South Africa, Britain had to be kept on board if the Commonwealth campaign against...
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Zimbabwe/Commonwealth: Africa Reacts

Magazine article; New African, January 2004

Subjects:

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

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...group ... Britain, Australia and Don McKinnon the Commonwealth secretary general...signal that the Commonwealth has driven itself...especially in Britain, could seize...of the white Commonwealth--especially Britain, Australia...
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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

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...the "White Commonwealth" comprising Britain, Canada...Ugandas 1995 constitution prescribed...which, as Commonwealth observers...as per the constitution and the country...Suspension by the Commonwealth is becoming...
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Constitution for a Euro Superstate; If a Draft Document Is Ratified, Brussels Will Assume the Lead in Foreign Policy, Criminal Justice, Economic Planning and Issues That Parliaments Deal with Today

Magazine article by James P. Lucier; Insight on the News, August 19, 2003

Subjects:

Constitutions--International aspects, Constitutions--Political aspects, European Union--Political activity

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Constitution for a Euro...happens in Great Britain. Prime Minister...Insight that the constitution fails to give...throughout history Britain has been drawn...patterns with the Commonwealth and English...out that the constitution says the EU...

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Newspaper Articles on: britain commonwealth constitution

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IS BRITAIN BECOMING A REPUBLIC BY DEFAULT? the Monarch Is Being Starved of Money. and with Frightening Ignorance of Our Constitution, the Coalition Is Trying to Usurp the Queen's Powers. We Should Be Very Wary of Undermining Our Greatest Asset; SATURDAY ESSAY

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 10, 2010

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

IS BRITAIN BECOMING A REPUBLIC...Ignorance of Our Constitution, the Coalition...the 54-nation Commonwealth. To those in the...entourage to the Commonwealth summit in Trinidad...62p per person in Britain, Id have said...
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IS BRITAIN BE REPUBLIC BY COMING A DEFAULT? the Monarch Is Being Starved of Money. and with Frightening Ignorance of Our Constitution, the Coalition Is Trying to Usurp the Queen's Powers. We Should Be Very Wary of Undermining Our Greatest Asset; SATURDAY ESSAY

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 10, 2010

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

IS BRITAIN BE REPUBLIC BY...Ignorance of Our Constitution, the Coalition...the 54-nation Commonwealth. To those in the...entourage to the Commonwealth summit in Trinidad...62p per person in Britain, Id have said...
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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, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the Councils of the Commonwealth if it fails to take...of the nine-member Commonwealth Ministerial Action...suspension of Pakistans constitution and the declaration...represented violations of the Commonwealth fundamental political...be free and fair. Britain yesterday renewed calls...
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Success of Constitutions?

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, December 4, 2008

Subjects:

Prime ministers

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

...in the world - US, Britain and Japan - have not...Strong charters Britain holds the record of...MacArthurs changes to its constitution after September 1945...countries - the US, Britain and Japan - have not changed their first constitutions, but merely updated...1916; (4) 1935 Commonwealth Constitution; (5...
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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, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...this was about, Britain, as an old trading...of the Continent. Britain does not have a written constitution; instead, it has...leadership in the British Commonwealth of former colonies...frontiers of the State in Britain only to see them...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: britain commonwealth constitution

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Great Britain

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...the catch. Great Britain is one of the worlds...center. Great Britain has abundant supplies...partners, and the Commonwealth countries are also...Government Great Britain is a constitutional monarchy. The constitution exists in no one...
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Canada

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...member of the Commonwealth of Nations . The monarch of Great Britain and Northern...amend its own constitution. The Canada...possible the Constitution Act, 1982...was renamed the Constitution Act, 1867...
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Nigeria

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...Sokoto in 1903. By 1906, Britain controlled Nigeria, which...rule"; under this system, Britain ruled through existing political...cities. In 1947, Great Britain promulgated a constitution...based in the north. The constitution proved unworkable by 1952...the national and regional constitutions; this met with a violent...
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Malaysia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...be Muslim under the constitution), and Islam is the...governed under the constitution of 1957 as amended...of events led Great Britain to play a more direct...treaty of alliance with Britain in 1885, accepted...independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations and was...
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Ghana , Country, Africa

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...Nigeria, Great Britain, the United States...governed under the constitution of 1992. The executive...figure. In 1951, Britain granted a new constitution, which had been...country within the Commonwealth of Nations. At...

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