... of having committed a criminal offense to be tried by jury: "save in the case of the trial of offenses under section 2, section 3 and section 4 of the article...no person shall be tried on any criminal charge without a jury." Article 38 nevertheless specifies three derogations to this fundamental principle: offenses carried out by minors (minor offenses Art. 38.2); military offenses (Art.38.3-4); ... right of information of the parties (art. 21), possibility of extending the preventive detention period without giving reasons by the examining magistrate (Art. 22); it was obliged to give a...

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... the government due to the electoral system. Which would result in circumventing this downfall ((Curry, 2006). The government directs a senate, which is not idealistic for a stronger democracy. Under these conditions, the accountability of ministers should be present because the senate is a crucial component to the productivity of Parliament. Sixth, the government should be more open and accountable through ... department. Seventh, the government should be more open and accountable through innovation especially through amount of seats in House of Commons. To illustrate, the House of Commo...

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... development projects and progress continued fueled from within the citizens themselves. Since then, the NPOs targeting population control policies have worked independently or/and with the government to achieve their three-pronged goals that have focused to strengthen the small family norm, increase awareness about population issue and enhance family planning services (The Role of NGOs in Pursuing Populations Issues). Analyzing ... as a more attractive package for couples, unlike the monotonous advise of the government operatives. One such example is that of Lady Health Workers (LHW), an...

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... countries can be termed as either inclusive or closed hegemonies, or competitive oligarchies or polyarchies. On this figure, Nigeria falls in between competitive oligarchies and polyarchies and China falls under competitive oligarchy. In this essay, I would like to compare these two countries on the basis of Dahl's concept of participation and contestation with reference to two other ... systems of both China and Nigeria using his concepts of Participation and contestation. Robert A Dahl in his book "Polyarchy-Participation and Opposition"" caries forward his ideas of the conditions und...

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... to the present political problems of each particular country. As a result of these problems, most of Latin American countries' political and social stability are now in great disorder. Three interesting cases worth exploring are the ones of Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador. These countries have all been victims of authoritarianism, caudillsm, weak party systems, constitutional problems, corruption, and ... that started on the 1940's and its has continued until today. This violence includes left-wing insurgency and terrorism, right-wing paramilitary activity, and narcoterrorism. Consequen...

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... derived from the consent of the governed and therefore that both democratic and non-democratic regimes can be legitimate. At first sight it would appear to us that the regime under which we live is a legitimate one. Citizens can choose between different baskets of policies every five years and maintain long-term control of their governance. Yet a key question to ask ... persuade and coerce a population that the current system of government is most appropriate is simply manipulation of the people and we must bear in mind that whatever regime we live under, this must necessarily be the ca...

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... milestone in democratic progress cannot be overlooked: the Universal Manhood Suffrage Law of May 1925. This 'political landmark'13 appeared to be a victory for democracy, extending the electorate from just under three million to over twelve million, instantly enfranchising the majority of the male population over the age of twenty-five and granting them for the first time a degree of influence over ... rights did not manage to transcend the theoretical plane into effective political action. Kato Suichi attributes liberal weakness to the strength of conservative traditionalism, saying ...

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"By what means and with what success did Britain seek to govern the American colonies under the early Hanoverians?" Fundamentally the success of government depends upon its ability to administer public policy and exercise authority. British government throughout this entire period failed to fulfil this role, ... , this gave the opportunity for the foundations of a politically independent America to rise by importantly establishing the rights to impose taxes and initiate legislation. Systematically the deficient Board of Trade under Newcastle's control afforded the Assemblies freedom to cement...

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... mosaic theory of the Fourth Amendment which is essentially the idea that multiple searches for information by the government, even if each is justified on its own, may become unjustified under the Fourth Amendment by the idea that the greater intrusion made possible by aggregating and analyzing the information as a larger data set, which may reveal patterns and sensitive information not ... to contend that an individual's entitlement to restrict access to and utilization of certain particular data that has not been kept strictly secret, in a few circumstances, should remain lawfully enf...

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... welfare maximization (Willig, 1993; Boycko, Shleifer and Vishny, 1996). The combined force of the government failure literature, the principal-agent, property rights and public theories, conclude that enterprises operating under public ownership will be less efficient compared to their private sector counterparts. The principal-agent critique relies on arguments based on the existence of information asymmetries and the absence of ... available providers. Privatizing public services will introduce substantial changes in the role of the government. On the surface, it may appear that the ro...

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... Civil government is rendered necessary (Heilbroner, p 293). With out the protection of private property there is no incentive to accumulate stock and wealth as Smith points out "it is only under the shelter of the civil magistrate that the owner of that valuable property, which is acquired by the labor of many years, or perhaps of many successive generations, can a sleep ... Labor destroys intellectual, social and martial virtues unless government takes pains to prevent it- (Heilbroner, p 302). It is important to take note that Smith places the responsibilities for funding these three r...

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... of new research is conducted on these countries to determine what the reasons are for different outcomes of democratization. This paper provides a comparative analysis of the democratic performance of three countries- Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland- of the post-communist region of Central Eastern Europe, to lay the ground for further research into why their performance scores where ... provided later on and its accordance with the definitions established in this paragraph. This section provides a short overview of the reasons for the case selection of this essay. The three count...

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... cabinet-level departments through 1849, and that certain departments today like the Department of Transportation and the Department of Energy have only been in existence as cabinet-level departments for under fifty years. It is also interesting to see the change through the years where the first departments served general social purposes, to where the past hundred years departments were established ... with loyal followers and people who followed view of himself and party. The civil service reform led to the reduction of the spoils system, which placed a certain number of jobs under the...

• Word Count: 383
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... acknowledge that in a large republic it would be harder for representatives to be acquainted with local politics and common issues of the people, and therefore, local interests would be placed under the control of the state legislatures. At the same time, if all control was at the state level, it would be extremely difficult for the state legislature to make decisions ... , each branch would be independent of the others, including issues regarding their payment, so that no one branch would be able to acquire greater power. Madison continued to explain that under the Constitution, each br...

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... to the people in the absence of civil society and independent interest groups. Community mobilization also became a means of empowerment of more social groups such as the unification of Dalits under Scheduled Caste movement culminating in the formation of a political party and rich rural peasantry mobilising through the demands of reservation for Other Backward Castes. While casteism has been a negative force ... ...

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... spending. Butler's Keynsian attitude to expenditure meant the government encouraged spending by cutting interest rates and increasing wages: a rise of 72% by 1954. The contrast between the ages of austerity under Cripps and Butler inspiring affluence, made the Conservatives extremely popular in the eyes of the public. People were able to afford consumer goods such as cars (ownership had increased by ... ...

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... dishonest behavior, especially by people in positions of power". Moroccan citizen are facing this bad behavior every day and it is a real problem for Moroccans and their government as well. Three weeks ago, I took an exam in order to get my driving license; the day after, I went to the service responsible so as to get my driving license. I found a very long ... comes the officer find me every time excuses like "your file is incomplete" for me to delay and at the end asked me to come back the week after. After three weeks, I started to lose hope I am forced to do what others do but what ...

• Word Count: 498
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• Grade Level: Graduate