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The aim of this meeting for us today is to show you the Building societies. First I'm going to define the building societies... Then Marie is going to talk about the story of the building companies and to conclude, Chloëe is going to present the big building companies and where they exsist. A building society is a financial institution, owned by its members, that offers banking and other financial services, especially mortgage lending. The first building societies were formed about two hundred

statutes seeing as there was no parliament. (a parliament = une legislature). And the book of law was case law. The earliest Norman legislation was by means of royal charter but the first great outburst came in the reign of king henry II (1154-1159). The legislation in those days was called various names: assizes. Justice was made by the king in council (composed of the king advisers, bishops, member of nobility). Under the Tudor we saw legislation show the development of modern procedure. In practice

Institutional Law The European Parliament – Powers In a historical perspective and fairly common, a Parliament is the legislative body of a system consisting of one or more assemblies of representatives of one or several peoples. In a democratic system, it is responsible mainly to pass the bill. In parliamentary systems, it has power to overthrow the government. Thus, the European Parliament is one of the strongest characteristics of the European Union, and that tends to distinguish

parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarch. A king or queen is the head of state, and a prime minister is the head of government. The people vote in elections for Members of Parliament (MPs) to represent them. Constitution: The United Kingdom doesn't have a single, written constitution (a set of rules of government). But it doesn't mean that the UK has an ‘unwritten constitution’. In fact, it is mostly written – but instead of being one formal document, the British constitution is formed from various

SEMESTRE II PART I: THE ORIGINS OF PARLIAMENT A] The early years Like in all European countries, the British parliament has his origins in a group of advisers who helped the king to make his decisions. At the beginning, these people were connected with the church or the army and the first assembly of this kind was the witan or grand council which we find in Saxon England during the reign of king offal in the VIII century. By the 10th century, the Witan were much bigger and more formal

DEVELOPMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION HENRIK BULL* I. INTRODUCTION In the spring of 2005, something dramatic happened in the European Union (EU): on May 29, the French voters said “Non” to French ratification of a treaty entitled “Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe” and aimed at providing the EU with a new legal basis (54.9% against on a turnout of 69.7%).1 On June 1, in a consultative referendum, and the first referendum ever in the Netherlands, 61.6% of Dutch voters (on a turnout of 62

warrant of the constitution/ institutions • prerogative of mercy and immunity (Barmherzigkeit und Sicherheit) • Queen delivers parliamentary speech written by the Prime Minister • Queen can open and dissolve the Parliament • always guided by the government, all action are taken in her name • ensures the symbolical unity of the country • custom/ tradition is always above the written word ( safeguard of Britain • commander and chief of the armed forces of the Crown

INSTITUTIONS Parliament consists of the Queen and the two Houses : - the House of Commons ( the lower House ) the House of Lords ( the upper House ) The Sovereign : The Queen opens and dissolves Parliament. Each session begins with the State Opening of Parliament by the Queen. She delivers the Queen’s speech, which is the legislative agenda written by the government for the coming year. ( Wednesday, 26 May 2010 ) She gives Royal Assent to the bills passed by Parliament. She can

The Grand Remonstrance Habeas Corpus The Bill of Rights LECTURE 2: A non written constitution 1. Introduction 2. Devolution to Scotland and Wales 3. The current debate on a written constitution for Britain Documents: “Brown Hands Key Powers to Parliament”, The Guardian “At Long Last, Here is a Chance to Start Rewiring Britain’s Creaky Democracy”, The Guardian LECTURE 3: The Monarchy 1. The Queen’s functions 2. The Queen’s speech 3. The cost of the monarchy Documents: Civil List “How Much it

incarner (embodiment) To draft: rédiger Landmark: point de repère To lay down: établir qq chose par écrit Tax : impôt (taxation) Summon : convoquer Trial : procès (to trial: juger une affaire dans un tribunal) Bill : projet de loi As a result of : en conséquence de Comprehensive: exhaustive To be entitled to : avoir droit à To implement: appliquer [une règle] To regulate : reglementer (regulation : un reglement/reglementation) Advise : des conseils. Give me some advise. To appoint: nommer