Lecture VI Legislative Power and LegCo Contents LegCo: Historical Evolution Powers and functions‚ and Prerogatives Issues raised under the BL Case Law • Article 66 • The Legislative Council of the HKSAR shall be the legislature of the Region. • 2 I. LegCo – A Brief Retrospect • A. Generality – From 26 January 1841 to 30 June 1997‚ • Hong Kong was a British colony and its first constitution‚ in the form of Queen Victoria’s Letters Patent entitled the Charter of the Colony
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summaries of the statutes that are used in South Carolina‚ how often they are used‚ the success rate and what the critics think about this law. In today’s Justice System‚ more often than not criminals that get caught think the first thing and that is to plead insanity. Most offenders are repeat offenders. With the repeat offenders they seem to know the law and yet they still decide to break it and are amazed when they get caught. For the insanity plea it is normally used by the defendant‚ what
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Situational Analysis on Children in Conflict with the Law and the Juvenile Justice System Atty. Sedfrey Candelaria; Atty. Aleli Domingo; Amanda Roselle Abrera; Geo Carbonell; Ma. Victoria Cardona and Tricia Oco Adhikain Para sa Karapatang Pambata (AKAP) of the Ateneo Human Rights Center‚ Ateneo Law School and United Nations Children’s Fund‚ 1998. E-mail: ahrc@acc.aiti.admu.edu.ph/ manila@unicef.org The Philippine Senate‚ through Resolution No. 109 dated July 20‚ 1990 ratified the Convention
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Business law ECTS points FORMTEXT 5 What will the student have learnt/be able to do when having completed the subject/project? FORMTEXT During the subject "Business law" you´ll learn about the danish legal system and which rules‚ you´ll have to be aware of‚ when you´re working with the other courses in your study programme i.e. Marketing‚ Sales‚ Ecconomics‚ Communication and Management. Business law is divided into two semestres. First semester focuses primarilly on "Sources of law"‚ "Contract
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NewCorp Scenarios Legal Brief LAW/531 December 21‚ 2011 Paul Loock NewCorp Scenarios Legal Brief What liability does NewCorp have in this situation? NewCorp may have to deal with a couple liability issues‚ one of which has to do with Sam the supervisor of electrical manufacturing for automotive who has developed a relationship with one of his employees. The relationship has taken a turn for the worse‚ and was ended by Paula‚ which Sam was not in agreement and wanted to continue dating
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| Pharmacy Law | Patient Confidentiality | | Chaukeisia Roney | 10/24/2012 | Pharmacy Technology – Thursday Evening HIPPA Privacy Law and Patients’ Bill of Rights are supposed to protect an individual privacy when it comes to their medical information. These laws were created and put into place to establish patient confidentiality and not have patients’ information disclosed without prior consent. In 1998‚ Dawn Castellano‚ a pharmacy technician who worked for Arbor Drugs in Mount
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BRANCHES OF LAW Among branches of law‚ two major fields can be distinguished: private law and public law. The difference between these two branches lies mainly in the parties of the legal relationship in question. Private law signifies rules that regulate the relationships between private individuals (subjects of law who are‚ legally speaking‚ in an equal situation; for example‚ the legal relationship between a buyer and a seller‚ where both parties have certain rights and obligations). Private law covers
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Constitutional law The Mauritian Parliament has inherited much from the Westminster Model. The Westminster Model is characterised by: * Parliamentary Sovereignty * Separation of Powers between the organs of the State. A. Parliamentary Sovereignty In any state you will find one ultimate source of legal authority. In countries with a written constitution‚ it will be the constitution which has ultimate authority as in Mauritius. In the United Kingdom‚ with its uncodified constitution‚ ultimate law-making
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ASSIGNMENTS (2009-10) Course: P.G.Diploma in CYBER LAW Note: Students are advised to read the separate enclosed instructions before beginning the writing of assignments. Out of 20 Internal Assignment marks per paper‚ 5 marks will be awarded for regularity (attendance) to Counseling/ Contact Programme classes pertaining to the paper. Therefore‚ the topics given below are only for 15 marks each paper. PART-I Paper-I: Introduction to legal theory and law social transformation Answer ANY TWO of the following
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OF LAW In course of Twentieth century‚ the emergences of democratic legislations and state welfare laws have lowered the effect of natural law and common law. These laws are bit liberal and sometimes puts limitations on the rule of Law in the name of nation’s Interest. This principle of ‘Rule of Law’ has been a matter of discussion and analysis since a long time in the realm of Jurisprudence and Legal theory. But‚ very less interest has been shown towards the exact definition of ‘Rule of Law’. Rule
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