03.01. Global democratic imaginaries: The Pneumatic Parliament by Peter Sloterdijk y Gesa Mueller von der Haegen‚ 2005. In 2005‚ Peter Sloterdijk and Gesa Mueller von der Hagen´s presented a proposal for a Pneumatic Parliament at the exhibition “Making Things Public: Atmospheres of Democracy‚” curated by Bruno Latour and Peter Weibel at ZKM in Karlsruhe. The project consisted on a transparent and inflatable parliament building that can be dropped from a cargo plane to “any grounds and then unfolds
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Evaluate Parliament as a lawmaker Parliament is the supreme law making body consisting of all elected members of both houses. Its main role is to make laws‚ laws that not only protect society and individual rights but reflect the societies values. Parliament can be viewed as an arena for debate where new ideas for laws and proposed laws are discussed and debated on their purpose for an effective law to be delivered. Thus lessening the chance of an unjust law being created. However‚ parliament is not
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A King at War With Parliament The English Civil War began in 1642 between King Charles I and Parliament. Wealthy nobles‚ known as Royalists‚ supported the king. Supporters of Parliament included Puritans‚ who were led by Oliver Cromwell. Cromwell eventually became commander-in-chief of Parliament’s army. A number of battles took place between the king’s troops and Cromwell’s army‚ some of which are shown on the map below. The first battle‚ which took place at Edgehill‚ did not gain ground for either
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How Effective is Parliament? The word effectiveness means that a product has the capability of producing the desired result. Effectiveness of Parliament is based around representation‚ scrutiny‚ its accountability‚ legislation and its quality and protection of rights. If they were able to do these to a high standard then they would be classed as being effective. The effectiveness of representation would be that Parliament and the parties within represent their constituents and sections
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It is argued that the doctrine of parliament supremacy practised strictly by adhering to the concept that the parliament does not use its sovereign power instituted by the legislature‚ in an oppressive and tyrannical way. In the absence of a written constitution it is possible for the legislature to use its powers in an unauthorized manner. Even if this could be identified as the matter due to the presence of the conventions we believe that parliament would not do this due to principles of constitutionalism
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« THE RISE of PARLIAMENT in XIII ». Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Magnum Cartum Liberatum. 3. Simon de Monfort and his “Parliamentum”. 4. King Edward’s Parliament. 5. Parliament nowadays. a). The Functions of Parliament. b). The Meeting of Parliament. c). The House of Lords. d). The House of Commons. e). Public Access to Parliamentary Proceedings. 6. Conclusion. INTRODUCTION
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Parliament and the Monarchy Starting in 1215‚ when the Magna Carta was signed by King John‚ there was a period of nearly 400 years when‚ from time to time‚ Parliament and the Monarch would disagree‚ sometimes violently‚ about which had the final say in decisions. In the 17th Century there was a Civil War in England when battles were fought between armies representing the King (the Cavaliers’) and Parliament (the Roundheads’). Parliament won and King Charles I was eventually executed‚ although
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PM limited by European Constitution which defeats Parliamentary Sovereignty. Limited by scrutiny of Parliament (apparently). Foley‚ political scientist since days of Margaret Thatcher‚ remarked on her presidential style‚ believed this had increased with Tony Blair. Reduction of cabinet meetings to half an hour per week‚ informal attitude to discussion (‘sofa’ politics)‚ disregard for cabinet agenda (Millennium Dome – cabinet wanted it “fired into space”‚ Blair went along with it anyway)‚ appealing
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An Unholy Race—Boycotting National Parliament Introduction: ‘Of an unholy race’ and ‘JS boycotted‚ not the money’ are the two recent national news of a popular national daily. Although I have mentioned about only one daily newspaper news about boycotting Jatiya Shashshad ( JS) is not new in Bangladesh and now has become a common news piece for the newspapers specially when national election is knock at the door. Bangladesh Awami League (BAL) the present ruling party of Bangladesh has announced
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Parliament clears visa-free travel for Albanians‚ Bosnians [de] [fr] Published: 08 October 2010 [pic][pic][pic] The European Parliament yesterday (7 October) backed visa-free travel to Europe’s Schengen area for Albanian and Bosnian citizens‚ setting the EU assembly on a collision course with France‚ which opposes the proposal following its controversial crackdown on illegal Roma camps. Background Schengen is a village at the border between Luxembourg‚ France and Germany‚ where on 14 June
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