Parliament

Bill of Rights de 1688, acte d’apaisement entre le pouvoir royal et les Chambres qui restreignait le pouvoir législatif du Roi, meurt sans descendance en 1714. Son frère, Jacques Stuart, catholique, est écarté de la succession en application du Parliament Act de 1701 interdisant à tout catholique d’accéder au trône de Grande-Bretagne. C’est donc son neveu George I, prince allemande, qui est amené à lui succéder. Georges I, de même que son fils, qui lui succèdera, ne parle pas un mot d’anglais à son

conseil est rejoint par 2 chevaliers par compté 1295 : 2 bourgeois par bourg => fin du 13e : institutionnalisation du Grand Conseil > Parliament 1,2 Les affrontements du XVIIe siècle 1628 Petition of Rights : interdit les arrestations sur ordre du Roi règne de Charles Ier : révoltes en Ecosse,dissolution du Parliament, guerre civile, épuartion du Parliament => éxécution du roi, dictature de Cromwell, restauration de la monarchie Triennal Act 1664 : implique la réunion au moins triennale

de l’Angleterre par Guillaume de Normandie en 1066. Parmi ces règles coutumières, on peut citer le droit de dissolution de la Chambre des communes par le Premier ministre . Elle est constituée de conventions constitutionnelles, de lois (Acts of Parliament) qui relèvent du droit constitutionnel et de divers éléments issus de coutumes ainsi que du Common Law. On les désigne en les regroupant sous la dénomination de « loi constitutionnelle britannique ». La constitution du Royaume-Uni et donc basée

would detract from the core purpose of Anzac Day – to honour the war dead. Opening of the first Federal Parliament, 9 May The date 9 May is also sometimes suggested, being not only the date on which the first Federal Parliament was opened in Melbourne in 1901, but also the date of the opening of the Provisional Parliament House in Canberra in 1927, and the date of the opening of the New Parliament House in 1988. The date has, at various times, won the support of Queensland Premier Peter Beattie, Tony

drawing upon the numerous documents put forth in prior attempts to mitigate the conflict, the Committee drafted what would eventually be known as the Taef Accord. The Committee then gathered 62 surviving members of the original 1972 Lebanese Parliament in Taef, Saudi Arabia, to discuss national reconciliation on the basis of the draft accord. The consultations began on 30 September 1989, and the deputies reached an agreement on 22 October. The Taef Accord did not seek to alter the fundamental

the drafting of proposed legislative amendments to make federal legislation fully bijural. viii Bijuralism and Harmonization: Genesis To date, two bills have been tabled in Parliament. The first, Bill C-50, was introduced in the House of Commons on June 11, 1998 and did not receive royal assent before Parliament was prorogued in fall 1999. The bill was reintroduced on May 11, 2000, this time in the Senate (S-22), but met with the same fate when the federal election was called in October of

Slide 3 Election of 2001 After absorbing several smaller parties, TRT gained an absolute majority in the lower house of the Parliament, controlling 296 of 500 seats. Election of 2005 The general election held on 6 February 2005 resulted in another landslide victory for Thaksin and TRT, which controlled 374 seats in Parliament's lower house. Thaksin's populist policies found great favour in rural areas which aided him. Slide 5 While Thaksin was in New York City to make a speech at UN Headquarters

years How was Britain governed in the inter-war period? In 1918, at the end of the First World War, Britain was still a constitutional monarchy, in so far that this form of government consisted in a balance between the monarch and the parliament. This “mixed” government had the advantage to respect the idea of democracy (rule of the people, for the people, by the people”) through the elections but meanwhile to prevent tyranny while enabling effectiveness. “It is by this mixture of monarchical

Cameron), and the other ministers. The Prime Minister is appointed by the queen, he is not elected. The government can be changed depending on the ideas of the elected prime minister. Like any parliamentary system, ministers are accountable of the Parliament. ------------------------------------------------- The constitution consists of all laws, like for example, the "common law": a British constitutional law established since William the Conqueror (1066). -------------------------------------------------

Le palais de Westminster (en anglais : Palace of Westminster), également désigné sous le nom de Maisons du Parlement (Houses of Parliament), est le lieu où siègent la Chambre des communes et la Chambre des Lords du Royaume-Uni. Le palais borde la rive nord de la Tamise et se situe dans l’arrondissement londonien de la Cité de Westminster. L’édifice servait à l’origine de résidence royale, mais aucun monarque anglais ou britannique n’y a plus vécu depuis le XVIe siècle. La plus vieille section