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Comparison Between Speakers of House of Representatives and House of Commons: The Speaker of the American House of Representatives is a party man. He belongs in the majority party in the House. The British Speaker, on the other hand, is a non-party man. After his election to the chair he severs all his relationship form […]
Parliamentary Committees of the House of Commons: There are the following eight committees in the House of Commons:– The Committee of Supply. The Committee of Ways and Means. Both the above Committees are composed of the same members but their functions are different. The first deals with appropriation of funds, the second deals with revenues. […]
Conventions to the British Constitution: The important conventions which have grown up in England may be classified in three categories: (A) Conventions relating to Cabinet: The first group of conventions relates to the Cabinet system. The constitutional history of England points out to the decline of the powers of the King and the consequent growth […]
Introduction: State is a political entity, society is a social institution. There is no doubt that the state exists within the society. But it is not a part of the society as we understand it. The State is invested with control on account of which it can support or even destroy the social order and […]
De Facto and de Jure Recognition: Recognition is of two types. It may be either de facto or de jure. Recognition de facto implies that there is some doubt as to the long-term viability of the government in question. Recognition de jure usually follows where the recognising state accepts that the effective control displayed by […]
Relationship Between International Law and Municipal Law: International law is applied in the relations of the states and other subjects of international law, national or state law which is called municipal law is applied within a state to the individuals and corporate entities which are the bearers of rights and duties there under. Originally, the […]
Modes of Acquisition of Nationality: A person may acquire the nationality of a state in accordance with the rules of municipal law. It implies that municipal Law determines as to who may be a national of a particular state. The modes of acquisition of nationality are not uniform. They differ from state to state. Following […]
Nationality: Individuals of a particular nation are supposed to owe allegiance to their states. Such individuals who owe permanent allegiance to a state are known as nationals of a state. Nationality may therefore be defined as the “status of a natural person who is attached to a state by the tie of allegiance”. The term […]
Prisoners of War: Prisoner of war is a status which is given to a person captured by belligerent state during the war or in an armed conflict. All the persons captured by the belligerent do not acquire this status. Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War lays down under Article 4 […]
Introduction: Public International law is defined as body of rules which regulates relations among states. On the other hand, private international law is that branch of international law which decides what law will be applicable in dispute involving citizens of more than one nation and determines the court which will have jurisdiction to decide the […]
What is Crime? The word crime is used consistently in everyday conversation. The manner and extent to which it is used implies that there is sufficient level of common understanding about it. To some extent, this is indeed the case. However, this masks a number of complexities. Identifying the boundary between acts that are crimes, […]
Introduction: The arrival of internet greeted with concern by many criminologists, if not outright moral panic. Its power and reach has the potential to take the world by storm. The #me too movement is glaring example of the power of internet to create global movements with unprecedented consequences. History of Internet: Early experiments with a […]