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L’entrée des femmes au Parlement britannique : le discours inaugural des députées à la Chambre des Communes (1919-2019)
Published 2022-03-01Subjects: “…House of Commons…”
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A Different Approach to Legislative Bodies: Reflections on the History of Parliament Oral History Project and Laws Around Abortion
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Locarno Treaties (1925) in the Context of the Versailles System Transformation as seen from London
Published 2021-04-01“…Special attention is paid to the debates in the House of Commons on the conference, particularly, on its outcome document - the Rhineland Pact.…”
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The Scottish National Party and the Economics of Nationalism: from Oil to Renewables?
Published 2023-10-01“…Such a strategy helped the party gain representation in the House of Commons from the 1970s and was still regarded as an asset in the run-up to the 2014 referendum on independence. …”
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Reinventing the House of Lords for the XXIst century
Published 2022-10-01“…This has meant that they have built a role of counter-power to the executive, while still maintaining strategies of cooperation with the House of Commons in law-making.…”
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The Parliamentary Behaviour of Women and Men MPs: Equal Status, Similar Practices ?
Published 2014-11-01“…Less than 5 % in the 1980s, 22 % of the members of the House of Commons in the British Parliament are now women. …”
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Constitutional law, administrative law, and human rights : a critical introduction /
Published 2021Table of Contents: “…-- Parliamentary sovereignty -- The rule of law and the separation of powers -- The royal prerogative -- The House of Commons -- The House of Lords -- The electoral system -- Parliamentary privilege -- Constitutional conventions -- Local government -- Parliamentary sovereignty within the European Union -- The government of Scotland and Wales -- Substantive grounds of judicial review -- Procedural grounds of judicial review -- Challenging governmental decisions : the process -- Locus standi -- Human rights I : traditional perspectives -- Human rights II : emergent principles -- Human rights III : the Human Rights Act 1998 -- Human rights IV : the Human Rights Act 1998 -- Human rights V : governmental powers of arrest and detention -- A revolution by due process of law? …”
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Reform of the House of Lords: a “parliamentary version of Waiting for Godot”?
Published 2009-07-01“…This poses something of a paradox in that it might be argued that the unelected upper chamber has been more concerned to preserve democratic rights than the elected House of Commons. An elected House of Lords would enjoy greater legitimacy in fulfilling this role in particular and in more generally holding the government to account.…”
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Le pluralisme politique de l’Ouest canadien
Published 2007-05-01“…Since the 1870s, Western Canada has often felt left aside from the politically powerful provinces of Ontario and Quebec: this federal lack of interest goes hand in hand with unfair representative power both in the Senate and in the House of Commons.As a result, this politically and economically divergent region has created several political parties. …”
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Dilemmas of democracy: challenges to parliamentary practices from the UK public and parliamentarians
Published 2022-11-01“…But it also emanated from within Parliament with Erskine May, a former clerk of the House of Commons, the author of the invaluable Treatise upon the Law, Proceedings and Usage of Parliament – enlightening parliamentary procedure. …”
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Dean Farrar’s “Divine Crusade” and Victoria’s “Little Wars”
Published 2007-12-01“…Noticeably, he was head master of Marlborough College (1871–76), honorary chaplain to the Queen (1869–1873), even gaining access to the rank of chaplain to the House of Commons in 1890 and eventually to that of dean of Canterbury in 1895. …”
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Transgression et subversion : George Jacob Holyoake, Charles Bradlaugh et l’athéisme militant à l’époque victorienne
Published 2014-06-01“…In 1880, when he became an MP, Bradlaugh never stopped professing an atheistic position, which prevented him from occupying his seat in the House of Commons for six years, although he was later re-elected no less than four times. …”
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Le Brexit et la souveraineté parlementaire britannique au miroir de l’accord de continuité Maroc-Royaume-Uni : enjeux politiques, commerciaux et éthiques
Published 2022-11-01“…Within this dynamic, the continuity agreement signed with the kingdom of Morocco in 2019 has been central to recent debates on British parliamentary sovereignty in the UK parliament.Building on James Strong’s interpretations of the role of the House of Commons, this article extends its analysis to the House of Lords so as to examine interactions between the pro-Polisario parliamentary mobilisation and the issue of parliamentary sovereignty in the context of Brexit. …”
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The Present and the Future of the Special Relationship: The Debate in the United States and the United Kingdom
Published 2020-11-01“…Particular attention is paid to the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee’s reports on UK–U.S. relations and the Report of the Iraq Inquiry (Chilcot report). …”
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From perceptions by beneficiaries, can homelessness be reduced through self-help housing in the central region of South Africa?
Published 2025-01-01“…The focus was on the perception that housing is commonly regarded as a fundamental necessity the government provides, even though beneficiaries ultimately construct their own homes. …”
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The Piston Ring-Cylinder Bore Interface Leakage of Bent-Axis Piston Pumps Based on Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication and Rotation Speed
Published 2021-01-01“…The leakage of the piston ring-cylinder bore interface (PRCB), as the important part of the return oil flow of the pump house that commonly assesses the wear of key friction interfaces in piston pumps, is changed with the rotation speed. …”
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