Order-in-Council Essays

  • The Royal Prerogative

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    The royal prerogative is a source of constitutional law; it is derived from common law powers that have been handed down from the monarchy to the executive. The significance of the prerogative in constitutional law is that it provides the executive with considerable power to act without following ‘normal’ parliamentary procedures. As Dicey explained, the prerogative is ‘every act which the executive government can lawfully do without the authority of an Act of parliament’. In constitutional terms

  • Ministerial Accountability Under the UK Constitution

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    Ministerial Accountability Under the UK Constitution “The prerogative has allowed powers to move from Monarch to Ministers without Parliament having a say in how they are exercised. This should no longer be acceptable to Parliament or the people.” Discuss whether ministerial accountability is adequately addressed under the UK constitution The Royal Prerogative has allowed a wide array of discretionary powers to be delegated from the Monarch to ministers without a need to seek parliamentary

  • The Pros And Cons Of The Royal Prerogative Powers

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    called the legislature, the creation of our statutes prevail to the RP. In the case of De Kayser, RP and statute found to co-exist and statute prevails, for the reason that the representatives in the House of Commons are elected from the public in order to create statute to help the development of the country. Moreover, the constitutional conventions are also part of our unwritten constitution and have conflict to the royal prerogative. Some of the RP powers are included to the conventions such as

  • The Nicea Council Essay

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    the early Church, councils were created where Christians gathered and discussed issues about our faith. Most councils were created in order to refute heresies, which were detrimental to our faith and confused Christians. Others, such as the Council of Jerusalem, was solely created for deciding what it meant to be a Christian and dealt with Gentile concerns. Altogether, these early Church councils have shaped our faith and are used as references when settling matters. The Council of Jerusalem was

  • Second Vatican Priesthood

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    and sacrament. The Council issued a second decree on Instructions and Sacrament, in line with Scholastic (Thomist) understanding of this relationship; it taught that the Eucharist forms the center of priestly activity, and preaching is only a remote preparation for this. Regarding the individual major and minor orders, the Council Fathers in Canon two reaffirmed these orders by anathemizing anyone who says that besides the priesthood there are in the Catholic Church no other Orders, major and minor

  • The Phoenix City Council Meeting

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    The Phoenix City Council Meeting The Phoenix City Council meeting stood packed with attendees ranging from council men and women, lawyers, (basically elderly) interested citizens, neighborhood representatives, owners of businesses, and many others firm on playing a undeviating role in the due process of local government. The meeting began with an invocation from the pastor of a local church invited to pray by the Mayor Stanton. Then following was a pledge to the flag and then the mayor carries

  • Ella Minnow Pea Character Analysis

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    In Mark Dunn’s novel, “ Ella Minnow Pea”, the High Island Council determines the rules and regulations. As a result, major issues have occurred amongst the citizens of Nollop, when the council bans the incorporation of various letters in their vocabulary. The citizens of Nollop seem to be quite unhappy with these absurd rulings. Despite the many attempts in resisting the council’s rulings, the majority of the characters failed in doing so, due to fear, inferior power, and lastly oblivion. People

  • Houston City Council Meeting Report

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    Houston City Council Meeting I attended the Houston City Council meeting held on September 1, 2015. When I entered the the council chamber, at 1:20 pm, I was surprised to see that the chamber was packed with people. I had previously attended a New York City Council meeting were the chamber was almost completely empty. As I made my way to an empty bench in the chamber, I noticed that most of the people in the chamber were veterans. A majority of the veterans appeared to be in their eighties or

  • Essay On Transparency

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    Hovewer, exceptions should be interpreted restrictively in order not to undermine the purpose of the right. Transparency is perceived to increase the legitimacy of the EU institutions as well as the trust that EU citizens have in them. Transparency provides greater legitimacy and accountability of the administration in a democratic system because citizens are given the opportunity to understand the considerations underpinning EU regulations in order to exercise their democratic rights.. The Treaty of

  • The Catholic Reformation

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    organizing of councils. In fact, even though Protestant attacks brought these reforms, many of these reforms were needed anyway. The problems in the Church were so bad that the Church would not have survived if the problems were not fixed. Even though there were movements to stop Protestantism, the Catholic Reformation was more about self-reform within the Church than an opposition to the Protestant movement. One of the first reform movements inside the Church was the Jesuit order (also called the

  • Anthem's Collectivist Society

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    “Councils are the voice of all justice, for they are the voice of all men (22)”. In Anthem’s collectivist society, the council attains all power, and the citizens have no power at all. The council makes all decisions and is bias against any sort of individuality. Citizens are not allowed to make many decisions of their own. They have been trained to believe that everything the council says and does is correct and that their way is the only way. “We are one in all and all in one. There are no men

  • Case Study: The Coeur D Alene Tribe

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    They are elected internally by the council to one-year terms. The Chairman presides over meetings and only votes if there is a tie. The Vice-Chairman performs the duties of the Chairman in the absence of the Chairman. The Secretary-Treasurer keeps a complete record of all matters during council and tribal meetings. They also have the duties to account for all funds coming into the Tribal Council. The tribal court system holds the judiciary branch. They handle all

  • The Counter Reformation In The Roman Catholic Church

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    Some of these reforms consisted of eliminating abuse the rebirth of faith the restoration of the authority to Pope and the stop to the spread of Protestantism. One of the orders made through the counter reformation consisted of the Jesuit order who worked for the reformation and improvement of the Catholic Church. The religious order of the Jesuits had reformed the church through education and fought to fight Protestantism. Arthur states how well the Jesuits achieved in ridding the ideas of the Protestantism

  • The Council Of Trent-Ayik Trent

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    The Council of Trent - Ayik Malual The Council of Trent played a significant role in determining the result of the reformation. It was a gathering of the Priests, Bishops and Cardinals to discuss our matters of faith and determined the changes. It was held between december 1545-1563 under the support of three different Popes. (Paul III, Julius IIII, and Pius IV) in Trento & Bologna (Italy). The council being formed was a response to the protestants reformation, so they read and listened to their

  • The Crossroads Development in Mahwah

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    Township Council. This past March, the Developer once again came to the Council in order to ask that their property be rezoned from office use to mixed-use/retail to allow for the construction of a complex of retail stores, restaurants, a movie theater, hotel and office space. Over 400 residents attended the March 31 meeting to express their opposition to the development. This unprecedented turnout by Mahwah residents, unlike any the Council had seen before, should have been enough for the Council to realize

  • Build Environment Essay

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    Council for the Build Environment (Act 43 of 2000) The CBE (Council for the Build Environmment) is established as an mandated body over the Build Enironment profession councils which includes Architectural, Engineering, Landscape Architectural, Quantity surveying, Project and Construction Management aswell as Porperty valuers. Their vision is to have an environment built to meet peoples needs and aspirations. They want to reach this goal by implementing projects and programmes that address built

  • The Counter Reformation and Catholic Mass

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    many in-house adjustments, from religious orders to political influences of the church, reworking the framework of the traditional Mass itself and even restructuring many in house positions. This list of corrections made and actions taken in response to the Protestant Reformation is commonly referred to as the Counter Reformation. To begin the long, arduous process of repairing the church, multiple new orders were formed. Many of these new religious orders kept power hungry officials and preachers

  • City Council Meetings Observations

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    evening of March 1st 2010. The seats were full, except for at the very front, and the standing room was filled almost out the door. The crowd, mostly made up of students, leaned in to hear as the voices of the City Council members faded in and out of the faltering sound system. The six City Council members and the mayor sat along a bench as if they were the judges at a hearing. Because of the ongoing discussions and the crowd, I thought I had arrived a few minutes late; but I was able to find a seat in

  • The Process of Reforming the United Nations

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    and ongoing issues surrounding the lack of representation and P5 power of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), arguing that the UNSC is out of date and controlled egotistically. This essay will also highlight the humanitarian aspect of the UN and the role it plays in meeting and solving complex global problems. This will be done by showing reform propositions in the aforementioned councils in the UN in hopes of showing how reform will be achieved. Although the UNSC was created in 1945, there

  • United Nations Case Study

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    The UN consists of six main bodies; Security Counsel, General Assembly, Economic and Social Council, International Court of Justice, the Secretariat, and the Trusteeship Counsel. The Security Counsel is the “main decision-making body” of the UN; its primary responsibility is to maintain international peace and security (Atac, 2014). The General