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still under the severe pressure of imperialism and still felt duty to be at war when Britain was at war. Further this paper examines Laurier’s decision to participate without convening parliament for authorization, and the conflict in Canada between French and English Canadians…

passed by Parliament to codify the common law offence of treason. Until this act had been passed, the crime of treason had been difficult to clearly define. Judges in common law courts had been broadening the scope of treasonous actions. Eventually, King Edward III barons urged him to agree to an act of Parliament that restricts the scope of treason to clearly defined limits. Under the Treason Act of 1351, acts of treason include, compassing the death of the sovereign and certain members of the…

Keshvananda Bharti v. State of Kerela case asserted the Basic structure doctrine of the constitution. The concerned question was if the Parliament had unrestricted power to amend the Constitution under Article 368. The judgment given held that the Indian judiciary had the power to review and strike down the amendments made by the Parliament if they were against or altered the basic structure doctrine. In this judgment, separation of powers was included in the basic structure of the constitution…

On October 6th 1928, he was elected to the Legislative Council, the upper house of the Victorian Parliament. Four years later, the United Australia Party (UAP) won government in the Victorian State election in May 1932. Menzies became Victoria’s Attorney-General and Minister for Railways. In 1934, Menzies was approached to stand for the federal seat of…

Canada has become a nation of a few different cultures, thanks to different events that have occurred throughout history that has helped from British and French nations. Canada was first discovered in 1534 by a French mariner who whom was Jacques Cartier (Quartier). Born on the 31st of December 1491 till the 1st of September 1557. After the Duchy of Brittany was formally united Cartier was introduced to King Francis 1 by Jean Le Veneur. He set sail for a mission by the commission to hopefully…

house of the parliament. Our first Prime Minister, John A. MacDonald, described the Senate in legislation a “sober second thought.” Unlike Members of Parliament, Senators are appointed in by the Governor General on advice from the Prime Minister, instead, of being voted in by the public. A Senator could be practically anyone the Prime Minister saw fit for the job. A Senator does not have to be in the same party as the Prime Minister. Meaning, they can’t be removed from parliament by anyone,…

Amongst the organisations advocating for women’s enfranchisement, another with prominence was the Dunedin Tailoresses Union [DTU] formed in 1889. The depressed economic situation in New Zealand during the 1880s led to “sweated labour.” Men and women alike worked for long hours and low wages in overcrowded conditions. Factory worker Miss M recalls “I made 12s 6d one week, but that meant working till three o’clock some mornings… and on Sunday, too” (Paul, 1910, as cited in Dalley & Robertson,…

From the period between the start of the French and Indian War and the Declaration of Independence, Parliament implemented a myriad of oppressive laws that sparked outrage from anti-British colonists. An example of one of these restrictive laws would be the Proclamation Line of 1763, which was issued by Great Britain to put a stop to future conflicts with Native Americans by forbidding English colonists from settling upon lands they had spilt blood to win from the French. In addition, the…

abandoned.Alternated power with ND for twenty years New Democracy (New Demokratia-ND):Founded in 1974 by Konstantinos Karamanlis. Revival of the National Radical Union party that dominated politics from 1955 to 1963. ND gained large majorities in parliament in both 1974 and 1977.…

Following the French and Indian War, in which Britain was victorious, the American colonists began to react to Britain’s rule in an unruly and disorderly manner. As the colonists began to disobey the laws placed onto them by Parliament, English rule grew stricter. Despite the many benefits and protection given to the colonists by the English, they still behaved rebelliously. The colonists’ unpardonable actions resulted in stricter rules being placed on England established the Proclamation of…