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Books on: british commonwealth constitution

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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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...valuable interest is constitutional property. For example, in British Medical Association v. The Commonwealth, Dixon J. emphasised that the protection given by the constitution is a protection to property and not to the general commercial...
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The British Commonwealth: An Experiment in Co-Operation among Nations

Book by Frank H. Underhill; Duke University Press, 1956

Subjects:

Commonwealth Of Nations

Collections: History, Entire Library

...The Development of its Laws and Constitution . London, 1951. GRATTAN CLINTON...GRIFFITHS SIR PERCIVAL JOSEPH. The British Impact on India . London, 1952...JENNINGS SIR WILLIAM IVOR. The British constitution . 3rd ed., Cambridge, 1950...
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The Historiography of the British Empire-Commonwealth: Trends, Interpretations and Resources

Book by Robin W. Winks; Duke University Press, 1966

Subjects:

Commonwealth Of Nations--History--Bibliography, Commonwealth Of Nations--History--Historiography, Great Britain--Colonies--History--Bibliography, Great Britain--Colonies--History--Historiography

Collections: History, Entire Library

...suggest, might have been avoided had British policy taken a different tack after...discovered what they believed about the British constitution and they fashioned a set of beliefs...22 British Empire , X, 365.
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The End of Empire: Dependencies since 1948 : Select Documents on the Constitutional History of the British Empire and Commonwealth

Book by Frederick Madden; Greenwood, 2000

Subjects:

Constitutional History--Commonwealth Countries--Sources, Constitutional History--Great Britain--Colonies--Sources, Constitutional History--Great Britain--Sources

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Jamaica, (b) CONSTITUTION ORDER-IN-COUNCIL...the status of a Commonwealth citizen. (2...person who is a British subject without...citizenship under the British Nationality Act...the status of a Commonwealth citizen. 1...
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Empire into Commonwealth: The Chichele Lectures Delivered at Oxford in May 1960 on Changes in the Conception and Structure of the British Empire during the Last Half Century

Book by Attlee; Oxford University Press, 1961

Subjects:

Commonwealth Of Nations--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...organization of the Commonwealth. This, I think...built up in the old Commonwealth did not alter when...point about the Commonwealth is that, as one might expect from a British creation, it has no constitution and it has no rules...

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Journal Articles on: british 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...adopted a republican constitution and stayed neutral...association with the Commonwealth. The most frequently...elements of the British elite balked at...
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Old Dominion, New Commonwealth: A History of Virginia, 1607-2007

Journal article by Kevin R. Hardwick; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 76, 2010

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Old Dominion, New Commonwealth: A History of Virginia, 1607-2007 (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

Old Dominion, New Commonwealth: A History of Virginia...Old Dominion, New Commonwealth: A History of Virginia...term, dominion or commonwealth. And yet, save only...adoption of the federal Constitution in 1789, the relationship...mainstream model of British North American settlement...
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W.K. Hancock and International Relations in Australia: The Commonwealth as a Model of World Government

Journal article by James Cotton; The Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 55, 2009

Subjects:

Australian foreign relations--Political aspects, British foreign relations--Political aspects, Hancock, William K.--Works, Historians--Works

Collections: History, Entire Library

...weaknesses, had a constitution in the form of...solemnity, while the Commonwealth, for all its supposed...was based on the Commonwealth?". In reality, the Commonwealth story has been...disintegration of the British Empire, and 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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...people and their constitution, but have been...in some of the Commonwealth countries as they...themselves from British oversight...formally adopted a constitution; the Canadian constitution consists of a...including the constitutions centerpiece, the 1867 British North America...
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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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...not because the British political experience...or uncodified British constitution is due to the...early. Written constitutions are neither natural...the Law of the Constitution (Macmillan...interregnum, or commonwealth: that is, to...account of the British constitutional...

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Magazine Articles on: british commonwealth constitution

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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

Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act by Richard Cavendish...authority called the Commonwealth, drawn from, and...Act to constitute the Commonwealth of Australia passed...considered themselves British and the strength of...
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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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...mainly former British colonies, is...brings together Commonwealth leaders to discuss...meetings became the British Empire and Commonwealth of Nations Prime...known as the Commonwealth of Nations Prime...The words "British" and "Empire...
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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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...that makes the Commonwealth a unique family...the future of the Commonwealth." Jack Straw, British foreign secretary...Zimbabwe out of the Commonwealth. Mugabes decision...in terms of the constitution, and is therefore...
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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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...the unity of the Commonwealth whilst discreetly...beyond the powers of British diplomacy. Canada...nationalists that the Commonwealth was a hangover...continuation of the British Empire by other...unlike previous British Prime Ministers...consensus within the Commonwealth, Mrs. Thatcher...
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Seven Fatal Flaws

Magazine article by Peter Reith; Review - Institute of Public Affairs, Vol. 51, September 1999

Subjects:

Australia, British Commonwealth, Constitutions, Democracy, Governmental reform, Parliaments, Prime ministers, Referendums, Separation of powers

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...occasions in the British Commonwealth. The proposed republic...separation from the British Crown. Yet the...precedent that the Commonwealth Constitution should spell out...interference with State constitutions has not had adequate...

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Newspaper Articles on: british commonwealth constitution

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Golden Boys Are on Track to Enjoy Last Laugh at Games; COMMONWEALTH GAMES

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 1, 2006

Subjects:

Commonwealth games

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

...approaching Commonwealth Games, has seen...representation at every Commonwealth Games since 1986...achieving medals at British level and, from...level. The clubs constitution is just a page...most basic of constitutions, it concentrates...at that point, British riders in international...was put into the Commonwealth Games and we needed...
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FORGOTTEN FIRST CITIZEN; Ireland Became a Republic 60 Years Ago Today. as a Campaign to Rejoin the Commonwealth Gathers Pace, DERMOT BOLGER Argues It Would Be Fitting on This Anniversary to Recall Why One of Ireland's Least Remembered Taoisigh Worked So Hard for the Nation to Choose Its Own Path

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 18, 2009

Subjects:

Banking industry--Laws, regulations and rules, Ireland. Executive Authority (External Relations) Act 1936

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

...Campaign to Rejoin the Commonwealth Gathers Pace, DERMOT...held in theory by the British King, were now formally...ourselves from the British Commonwealth, in that, although...Valera with a new Constitution and his External Relations...
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INTERNATIONAL: Commonwealth Suspends Pakistan after Deadline Passes

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), November 23, 2007

Subjects:

Musharraf, Pervez, Regulatory compliance

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

...not been lifted, the Constitution and independence of...Pakistan asked the Commonwealth to delay its decision...with violations of Commonwealth rules on democracy...reaching a decision. Commonwealth sources said Sri Lanka...be suspended. But British Foreign Secretary David...
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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

...Frightening Ignorance of Our Constitution, the Coalition Is Trying...and head of the 54-nation Commonwealth. To those in the business...and her entourage to the Commonwealth summit in Trinidad. The...fellow, asked me why the British media always referred to...
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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

...Frightening Ignorance of Our Constitution, the Coalition Is Trying...and head of the 54-nation Commonwealth. To those in the business...and her entourage to the Commonwealth summit in Trinidad. The...fellow, asked me why the British media always referred to...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: british commonwealth constitution

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Myanmar

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...minister. Myanmars 1974 constitution was suspended in 1988...when friction with the British over border areas in...forced Myanmar to cede to British India the Rakhine and...second war (1852) the British occupied the Ayeyarwady...republic outside the Commonwealth of Nations. The new...
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Isaacs, Sir Isaac Alfred

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...1894 99, 1900 1901). He was a framer of the commonwealth constitution and sat in the dominion Parliament (1901 6...as governor-general was the first made by the British crown directly on the advice of a dominion ministry...
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Great Britain

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...partners, and the Commonwealth countries are...monarchy. The constitution exists in no...members of the British parliament should...dominions of the Commonwealth except Ireland...part of the British army from Dunkirk...countries of the Commonwealth and of EFTA, agreement on British entry was not...
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Virginia , State, United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...the original 13 states to ratify the Constitution). Highest pt., Mt. Rogers, 5...styled a commonwealth. The Virginia constitution was revised extensively in the late...declaration of rights and the first constitution of a free American state, both drawn...
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Australia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...whole continent was a British dependency. Exploration...undesirables from the British Isles. Sheep raising...did not come until a constitution, drafted in 1897 98, was approved by the British parliament in 1900...were federated in the Commonwealth of Australia. The Northern...

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