The British Constitution: debate about constitutional reform
Dissertation - 4 pages - Droit constitutionnel
Once widely admired, especially during the seventeenth century by French philosophers, the British constitution has now become a target for criticism. There have been strong debates regarding constitutional reforms that emerged after the democratic reforms of the nineteenth century to the...
Initiation à l'information et à la documentation européennes : Directive 2005-60 ou directive "Anti-blanchiment"
Dissertation - 12 pages - Propriété intellectuelle
La directive qui est analysée au cours de ce travail est la directive 2005/60/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil, datant du 26 octobre 2005 et relative à la prévention de l'utilisation du système financier aux fins du blanchiment de capitaux et du financement du terrorisme. Un marché...
How do the Federal Republic of Germany, Fifth Republic France and post-war Italy fulfil the criteria of Lijphart's 'majoritarian' and 'consensus' models of democracies?
Dissertation - 5 pages - Droit constitutionnel
This essay will attempt to analyse the Federal Republic of Germany, Fifth Republic France and post-war Italy thanks to Lijphart's work Democracy (1984). Lijphart classifies the ‘majoritarian' model (or ‘Westminster model') and the ‘consensual model', in function of specific...
Abortion linked to international trade law
Dissertation - 12 pages - Droit international
There are different kinds and different methods of abortion nowadays. The spontaneous abortion, caused by natural causes, the elective abortion, the therapeutic abortion, which deals with the safety of the physical or mental health of women and the induced abortion, practices deliberately for...
Comment s'organise la relation entre le Parlement et le cabinet au sein du régime parlementaire britannique ?
Dissertation - 3 pages - Droit constitutionnel
Le document est une dissertation effectuée à partir de la citation de R. MUIR : « Dire que le Parlement contrôle le cabinet est une absurdité. La vérité est que le cabinet contrôle entièrement le Parlement ».
Ghaidan v Godin-Mendoza case analysis
Commentaire d'arrêt - 4 pages - Droit autres branches
In the United Kingdom, where there is no written Constitution, the section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998 has given the courts the prerogative to read and give effect to statutes “in a way which is compatible with the Convention rights ”. If it cannot be done so, the section 4(2)...
The major problem for European Union environmental law is that it has been marginalized by the failure to incorporate environmental requirements into other sectors of union activity. Discuss
Étude de cas - 13 pages - Droit autres branches
‘A healthy environment is essential to long term prosperity and quality of life and citizens in Europe demand a high level of environmental protection'. This quote from the European Commission and the introduction of the Sixth Environment Action Programme - 'Environment 2010: Our future,...
The difficult application of canadian criminal law in Nunavut
Thèse - 57 pages - Droit international
With its creation in 1999, the new territory of Nunavut hoped to solve the social and economical problems it was facing. For the second time in the history of the Poles, indigenous people were given the right by the government to decide their future. The first Inuit to be recognized were the...
Primacy / Supremacy of European Community Law against Sovereignty of the Member States
Mémoire - 25 pages - Droit européen
Today the European Union (EU) consists of 27 Member States; it reaches from the Atlantic coast of Western Europe all the way to the Black Sea of Eastern Europe. In the European Union, the most important and closest collaboration between the Member States happens via the European Community (EC)....
?The Council of Ministers: key decision-maker and guardian of national interests' discuss
Dissertation - 8 pages - Droit européen
Before starting discussion of the role of the Council, one should point out the paradox on which the Council is built. The Council aims to be both a key decision-maker and a guardian of national interests. In that view, being a guardian of national interest might affect the credibility of the...
Law making procedure in India
Dissertation - 3 pages - Droit constitutionnel
Under the parliamentary form of government adopted by the constitution of India, the function of making law belongs to the legislature (art 107 -108). The law making procedure is a very important part of the democratic system. Indeed, it has to insure that the law passed does not endanger the...
Border Regulation, Freedom of Movement and Citizenship in the Third Pillar of the EU: Conflicting legal agendas.
Dissertation - 9 pages - Droit européen
Within the United Kingdom (UK) there has been a long proud tradition of strong regulatory and independent oversight with respect to its national border security and integrity. The UK is a confederation of regional states some of which have semi-autonomous devolved legislatures, yet it maintains a...
The Implementation of the Third Pillar of the European Union in Hungary
Dissertation - 13 pages - Droit européen
Hungary acceded to the European Union on the 1st May 2004, thus it is one of the newer member states of the organization. In this paper we are going to introduce the Hungarian implementation of five (former) third pillar issues. We will examine the legal background of these areas of justice-and...
Comparative public law essay
Étude de cas - 9 pages - Droit autres branches
Each and every one of us enters this world with a cry, and it is with this utmost fundamental expression of ourselves that we first convey to our parents our basic needs and wants, later expanding the scope of communication to friends and then the community. This is why speech—and thereby...
How European Law Is Made?
Fiche - 1 pages - Droit européen
The European Union was created in 1992 by the Maastricht treaty. It is a structure which includes the European Community and its law which is by far the most important of EU laws and deals with economic and social rights. In addition to it, other sources of law complete the EU law such as the...
Death with dignity: press kit
Commentaire de texte - 12 pages - Droit autres branches
The term euthanasia is derived from the Greek words eu, meaning 'good' and thanatos, meaning 'death'. However, the issue of assisted suicide is far from being pleasant. The expression "assisted suicide" refers to the deliberate speeding up of the death process of a terminally ill...
The Lisbon Treaty: European Federation?
Dissertation - 4 pages - Droit européen
The word 'federal' isn't mentioned in any European treaty. The European authorities have decided to avoid referring to this system of governance to talk about the European project. However, the concept of a European federation hides beneath all European treaties. Applied to states, in...
Is the European Commission more or less powerful than it should be?
Dissertation - 4 pages - Droit européen
An analysis of the Commission's actual powers will enable everyone to understand that the Commission has extended and hardly controllable powers which can lead to a lack of democracy. However, in the meantime, it seems obvious that these extended powers are essential for the efficient...
Migration Law - A Human Right to Migration in International Law and European Community Law
Dissertation - 11 pages - Libertés publiques
To answer the question of the existence of the human right to migrate, the notion of migration and human right themselves must first be studied. Migration can be defined as a movement of persons from one country or locality to another one. Only international migrations, from one country to...
Advantages and disadvantages of having a written Constitution: the example of United Kingdom
Dissertation - 3 pages - Droit constitutionnel
A constitution is a legal document that sets out the relationships between the three main institutions of the state, that is to say the executive, the legislative and the judicial power, and that which also guarantees a certain amount of rights for the citizens. In a wider sense, and quoting...
Le système constitutionnel britannique
Cours - 11 pages - Droit constitutionnel
Lorsqu'on évoque le système constitutionnel anglais, il faut d'emblée dire que c'est un système empirique, qui s'est forgé au gré de la pratique, au gré de l'histoire. Autrement dit, les règles constitutionnelles britanniques sont apparues au fil des besoins. La Constitution...
Droit constitutionnel - Les modèles et régimes constitutionnels étrangers - Les États-Unis et le Royaume-Uni
Cours - 10 pages - Droit constitutionnel
Les Etats-Unis : C'est la première constitution écrite du monde en 1787, c'est un régime politique de référence spécifique qui n'a aucun équivalent. Les Pères fondateurs ont bâti un régime d'équilibre des pouvoirs très original. On retrouve dans le fédéralisme sur le plan vertical...
La Constitution Anglaise
Dissertation - 10 pages - Droit constitutionnel
La constitution matérielle définissant l'attribution et l'exercice des pouvoirs est un élément indispensable à la fondation d'une société politique, en tant qu'instrument de limitation du pouvoir des gouvernants et de protection des droits fondamentaux des gouvernés. L'immense...
Criminal law : consent
Dissertation - 4 pages - Droit européen
In criminal law, there exists a defense of consent. Within this defense, there is a general rule that a person cannot consent to his being caused actual bodily harm. No one can ever lawfully consent to his own death-R v Young . This opens the debate on issues related to euthanasia, illustrated in...
The French Conseil Constitutionnel: In comparison with Constitutional Courts
Dissertation - 11 pages - Droit constitutionnel
I believe that constitutional courts play a major role in legal systems. After the introduction of the 'Conseil Constitutionnel' in 1958, Louis Favoreu, a public law teacher, claimed, 'L'Etat de droit est désormais complet en France'. Indeed, it is often considered that...
Can constitutional courts be characterized as policy makers?
Étude de cas - 8 pages - Droit de la concurrence
The theme of political role of judges is an old one in the literature of democratic countries. Indeed, Alexis de Tocqueville already tackled the “political importance” of the courts in his famous Democracy in America (1835). The reason is that there is inevitably, in modern democracies,...
La place de la chambre des Lords dans le système constitutionnel britannique
Dissertation - 3 pages - Droit constitutionnel
« Si une seconde chambre n'est pas d'accord avec la première, elle est malveillante; si elle est d'accord, elle est superflue. » (Abbé Sieyes, cité dans S.D. Bailey, The Future of the House of Lords). Vieille de près de sept cents ans, la chambre des Lords du système britannique est constituée de...
La Charte des droits fondamentaux de l'Union européenne (2004)
Mémoire - 30 pages - Droit européen
L'enjeu du présent mémoire sera de situer la Charte des droits fondamentaux de l'Union européenne dans le système de protection des droits de l'Homme en Europe, plus précisément au sein de l'Union européenne. Il s'agira d'abord de définir la nécessité politique et...
Le peuple ossète est-il opprimé ?
Cours - 5 pages - Droit international
On constate donc qu'au niveau juridique, la Constitution géorgienne tend à une égalité à tous les niveaux, et ce, en accord avec le droit international. De plus, on reconnaît et permet le droit des minorités, tant et autant que cela ne nuit pas à l'État (article 38.2 de la Constitution,...
Cours de droit constitutionnel (1re année-1er simestre)
Cours - 59 pages - Droit constitutionnel
Le droit constitutionnel est autonome car il ne concerne pas les rapports entre l'administration et les particuliers au niveau des rapports entre les pouvoirs législatif, exécutif et judiciaire. Il est autonome car aussi, il y a un droit constitutionnel français, mais aussi pour les autres...
