Constitutional systems of the Commonwealth Caribbean: a contextual analysis
Gespeichert in:
| 1. Verfasser: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
| Veröffentlicht: |
Oxford [u.a.]
Hart
2014
|
| Schriftenreihe: | Constitutional systems of the world
|
| Schlagworte: | |
| Online-Zugang: | Inhaltsverzeichnis Klappentext |
| Beschreibung: | XXVIII, 299 S. |
| ISBN: | 184946152X 9781849461528 |
Internformat
MARC
| LEADER | 00000nam a2200000 c 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | BV041658857 | ||
| 003 | DE-604 | ||
| 005 | 20150114 | ||
| 007 | t | ||
| 008 | 140219s2014 |||| 00||| eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 184946152X |c paperback |9 1-84946-152-X | ||
| 020 | |a 9781849461528 |c paperback |9 978-1-84946-152-8 | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)881298072 | ||
| 035 | |a (DE-599)BVBBV041658857 | ||
| 040 | |a DE-604 |b ger | ||
| 041 | 0 | |a eng | |
| 049 | |a DE-703 |a DE-12 |a DE-19 | ||
| 084 | |a PL 736 |0 (DE-625)137271: |2 rvk | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a O'Brien, Derek |d ca. 20./21. Jh. |e Verfasser |0 (DE-588)1058010565 |4 aut | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Constitutional systems of the Commonwealth Caribbean |b a contextual analysis |c Derek o'Brien |
| 264 | 1 | |a Oxford [u.a.] |b Hart |c 2014 | |
| 300 | |a XXVIII, 299 S. | ||
| 336 | |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 490 | 0 | |a Constitutional systems of the world | |
| 610 | 2 | 7 | |a Commonwealth |0 (DE-588)4010437-0 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Verfassung |0 (DE-588)4062787-1 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 651 | 7 | |a Karibik |0 (DE-588)4073241-1 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf | |
| 689 | 0 | 0 | |a Karibik |0 (DE-588)4073241-1 |D g |
| 689 | 0 | 1 | |a Commonwealth |0 (DE-588)4010437-0 |D b |
| 689 | 0 | 2 | |a Verfassung |0 (DE-588)4062787-1 |D s |
| 689 | 0 | |5 DE-604 | |
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |m Digitalisierung UB Bayreuth - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment |q application/pdf |u http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=027099297&sequence=000003&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |3 Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |m Digitalisierung UB Bayreuth - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment |q application/pdf |u http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=027099297&sequence=000004&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |3 Klappentext |
| 999 | |a oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-027099297 | ||
| 942 | 1 | 1 | |c 909 |e 22/bsb |f 0904 |g 72 |
Datensatz im Suchindex
| _version_ | 1804151891547914240 |
|---|---|
| adam_text | Contents
Preface
...............................................................................................................
v
Table
of Cases
.................................................................................................xiü
Table of legislation
.......................................................................................xvii
INTRODUCTION
....................................................................................1
1.
CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY
.............................................9
Part I: Background
..........................................................................................9
Part II: Colonial Government
..................................................................11
A. The *Represcntative System
................................................11
B. Crown Colony Rule
.............................................................16
C. Federation
...............................................................................21
Part III: Independence
................................................................................26
A. The Decolonisation Process
................................................26
B. The Independence Constitutions
........................................29
1.
The Westminster Model
.................................................29
2.
Bills of Rights
....................................................................32
Conclusion
....................................................................................................34
2.
THE HEAD OF STATE
.......................................................37
Part I: Background
...................................................................................37
Part II: The Crown as Head of State
......................................................39
Part III: The Constituional Framework
...................................................43
A. Functions of the Head of State
...........................................43
B. Appointment and Removal of Governors
General and Presidents
........................................................48
1.
Governors General
...........................................................48
2.
Presidents
...........................................................................51
Part IV: Judicial Review of the Constitutional Functions
of Presidents and Governors General
......................................54
A. Susceptibility to Judicial Review
..........................................55
1.
Common Law
....................................................................55
viii
Contents
2.
Immunity Clauses
..............................................................57
3.
Ouster Clauses
...................................................................59
И.
Justiciability
.............................................................................62
Conclusion
....................................................................................................64
3.
ELECTORAL SYSTEMS
......................................................67
Part I: Background
...................................................................................67
Pan II: I Ucc to
ral
Systems
..........................................................................68
Л.
First Past the Post
(1:PTP)
.................................................68
В.
Guyana and the Party I.tst* System
....................................73
Part III: Management anil Administration of Elections
........................80
Л.
Constituency Boundaries Commission (CBC)
..................80
B. Electoral Management Bodies
.............................................87
Part IV: Financing of Political Parties and Access to the Media
.........92
Л.
Regulating the Financing of Political Panics
and Election Campaigns
.......................................................93
B. Regulating Access to the Media
...........................................96
Conclusion
....................................................................................................98
4.
THE EXECUTIVE
..............................................................101
Part I: Introduction
...............................................................................101
Part II: The Prime Minister and the Cabinet
......................................102
A. The Prime Minister
.............................................................102
1.
Appointment and Removal
..........................................102
2.
Powers
..............................................................................106
B. The Cabinet
.........................................................................110
1.
Appointment and Removal of Ministers
....................110
2.
Functions of Ministers
..................................................112
С
Ministerial Accountability
..................................................114
1.
Collective Responsibility
.........................................,.....114
2.
Individual Ministerial Responsibility
...........................118
D. Guyana: From Executive Presidency
to Semi-Presidentialism
................................................122
Part III: The Public Service
................................
l.l.ZZ. Z.Z....
.........126
A. Public Service Commissions (PSCs)
................................127
B. Independence, Racial Divisions, Ideological
Differences and the Problems of Small
Island States
...................... 129
Contents ix
С.
New Public Management (NPM).....................................134
1. Executive
Agencies
........................................................135
2. Privatisaion
of
Public Services.....................................136
Conclusion
.................................................................................................138
5.
PARLIAMENT.....................................................................
141
Part I: Introduction
...............................................................................141
Part II: Membership and Structural Organisation
of Commonwealth Caribbean Parliaments
...........................141
A. Members of Parliament (MPs)
..........................................142
1.
Elected Members
...........................................................142
2.
Nominated Members
.....................................................146
B. Leader of the Opposition
..................................................149
C. The Speaker
.........................................................................152
D. Privileges of Parliament
.....................................................156
1.
Freedom of Speech
........................................................157
2.
Control of Parliamentary Affairs
.................................160
E. Regulating the Financial Interests of MPs
......................164
Partili:
Parliament s Law-Making Powers
...........................................171
A. The Law-Making Process
..................................................171
B. Constraints on Parliament s Law-Making Powers
.........172
1.
Procedural Limitations
.................................................. 173
2.
Substantive Limitations
.................................................176
PartIV: Scrutiny of the Executive
.........................................................181
A. Scrutiny of Policy and Administration
............................182
B. Financial Scrutiny...
.............................................................185
1.
Auditors General
............................................................185
2.
Public Accounts Committees (PACs)
.........................187
Conclusion
.................................................................................................190
6.
THE CONSTITUIONAL ROLE OF THE COURTS
........193
Part I: Background
................................................................................193
Part II: Judicial Independence: National Courts and the
Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC)
..........................196
A. Appointment of Judges
......................................................197
B. Removal of Judges
..............................................................202
C. Terms and Conditions of Service
.....................................206
D. Political Culture
...................................................................208
χ
Contents
Partili:
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
...................................211
A. The Debate about the CCJ s Appellate
Jurisdiction
...........................................................................211
1.
Funding of the CCJ
........................................................214
2.
Appointment and Removal
of the CCJ s Judges
.......................................................215
3.
Constitutional Entrenchment of the CCJ
..................217
B. The Prospects for the CCJ s Appellate Jurisdiction
......219
Part IV: Constituional Review
................................................................220
A. Locating the Juridical Basis for
Constituional Review
..........................................................221
B. Bills of Rights and Constitutional Review
......................224
1.
The Presumption of Constitutionality
........................225
2.
Saving Clauses and the Nasralla Presumption
.........229
3.
The Turposive Approach
...........................................233
4.
Tensions between the Purposive Approach
and the <NasraiIa Presumption
....................................233
5.
Whither Savings Clauses?
..............................................236
Conclusion
.................................................................................................237
7.
THE CONSTITUIONAL IMPLICATIONS
OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION
......................................241
Part I: Background
................................................................................241
Part II: Institutional Structure of
CARICOM,
Mode
of Governance and the Original Jurisdiction
of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
................................243
A. Organs of the Community
................................................244
B. Mode of Governance
.........................................................247
1.
Decision-Making and Voting Procedures
..................247
2.
Sources of Law
...............................................................248
С
Original Jurisdiction of the Caribbean
Court of Justice (CCJ)
........................................................251
1.
Proceedings by Individuals
...........................................251
2.
The Reference of Disputes by a National
Court under Article
214
of the Revised
Treaty of
Chaguaramas
(RTC).....................................254
3.
Incorporation of the Revised Treaty
of Chaguarmas (RTC)
......................... ..,,.,. 256
Contents xi
Partili:
The Organisation of Eastern
Caribbean States (OECS)
.........................................................257
A. The Treaty of Basseterre (ToB)
........................................259
B. The Revised Treaty of Basseterre (RTB)
........................260
Conclusion
.................................................................................................264
8.
POST-INDEPENDENCE CONSTITUIONAL
REFORM
..............................................................................267
Part I: Introduction
...............................................................................267
Part II: The Case for Constitutional Reform
......................................268
A. Democratic Governance
....................................................268
B. The Legacy of Colonial Rule
.............................................270
Partili:
Obstacles to Constituional Reform
........................................271
Part IV: The Jamaica Charter of Rights and Freedoms
......................275
Conclusion
.................................................................................................275
Index.
............................................................................................................281
THE CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH CARIBBEAN
The Commonwealth Caribbean comprises a group of countries (mainly
islands) lying in an arc between Florida in the north and Vene2uela in the
south. Varying widely in terms of their
sÍ2e,
population, ethnic
composi¬
tion
and economic wealth, these countries are, nevertheless, linked by
their shared experience of colonial rule under the British Empire and their
decision, upon attaining independence, to adopt a constitutional system
of government based on the so-called Westminster
modeľ.
Since independence these countries have, in the main, enjoyed a sus¬
tained period of relative political stability, which is in marked contrast to
the experience of former British colonies in Africa and Asia. This book
seeks to explore how much of this is due to their constitutional arrange¬
ments by examining the constitutional systems of these countries in their
context and questioning how well the Westminster model of democracy
has successfully adapted to its transplantation to the Commonwealth
Caribbean.
While taking due account of the region s colonial past and its imprint
on
postcolonial
constitutionalism, the book also considers notable devel¬
opments that have occurred since independence. These include the trans¬
formation of Guyana from a parliamentary democracy to a Cooperative
Republic with an executive president; the creation of a Caribbean Single
Market and Economy and its implications for national sovereignty; and
the replacement of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Coundl by the
Caribbean Court of Justice as the final court of appeal for a number of
countries in the region. The book also addresses the resurgence of inter¬
est in constitutional reform across the region in the last two decades,
which has culminated in demands for radical reforms of the Westminster
model of government and the severance of all remaining links with
colonial rule.
|
| any_adam_object | 1 |
| author | O'Brien, Derek ca. 20./21. Jh |
| author_GND | (DE-588)1058010565 |
| author_facet | O'Brien, Derek ca. 20./21. Jh |
| author_role | aut |
| author_sort | O'Brien, Derek ca. 20./21. Jh |
| author_variant | d o do |
| building | Verbundindex |
| bvnumber | BV041658857 |
| classification_rvk | PL 736 |
| ctrlnum | (OCoLC)881298072 (DE-599)BVBBV041658857 |
| discipline | Rechtswissenschaft |
| format | Book |
| fullrecord | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>01886nam a2200409 c 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">BV041658857</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-604</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20150114 </controlfield><controlfield tag="007">t</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">140219s2014 |||| 00||| eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">184946152X</subfield><subfield code="c">paperback</subfield><subfield code="9">1-84946-152-X</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9781849461528</subfield><subfield code="c">paperback</subfield><subfield code="9">978-1-84946-152-8</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)881298072</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-599)BVBBV041658857</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-604</subfield><subfield code="b">ger</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="049" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-703</subfield><subfield code="a">DE-12</subfield><subfield code="a">DE-19</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="084" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PL 736</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-625)137271:</subfield><subfield code="2">rvk</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">O'Brien, Derek</subfield><subfield code="d">ca. 20./21. Jh.</subfield><subfield code="e">Verfasser</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)1058010565</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Constitutional systems of the Commonwealth Caribbean</subfield><subfield code="b">a contextual analysis</subfield><subfield code="c">Derek o'Brien</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Oxford [u.a.]</subfield><subfield code="b">Hart</subfield><subfield code="c">2014</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">XXVIII, 299 S.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">n</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">nc</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="490" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Constitutional systems of the world</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="610" ind1="2" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Commonwealth</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4010437-0</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Verfassung</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4062787-1</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="651" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Karibik</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4073241-1</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Karibik</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4073241-1</subfield><subfield code="D">g</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Commonwealth</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4010437-0</subfield><subfield code="D">b</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="2"><subfield code="a">Verfassung</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4062787-1</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="5">DE-604</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="m">Digitalisierung UB Bayreuth - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment</subfield><subfield code="q">application/pdf</subfield><subfield code="u">http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=027099297&sequence=000003&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA</subfield><subfield code="3">Inhaltsverzeichnis</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="m">Digitalisierung UB Bayreuth - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment</subfield><subfield code="q">application/pdf</subfield><subfield code="u">http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=027099297&sequence=000004&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA</subfield><subfield code="3">Klappentext</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="999" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-027099297</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="942" ind1="1" ind2="1"><subfield code="c">909</subfield><subfield code="e">22/bsb</subfield><subfield code="f">0904</subfield><subfield code="g">72</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |
| geographic | Karibik (DE-588)4073241-1 gnd |
| geographic_facet | Karibik |
| id | DE-604.BV041658857 |
| illustrated | Not Illustrated |
| indexdate | 2024-07-10T01:02:01Z |
| institution | BVB |
| isbn | 184946152X 9781849461528 |
| language | English |
| oai_aleph_id | oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-027099297 |
| oclc_num | 881298072 |
| open_access_boolean | |
| owner | DE-703 DE-12 DE-19 DE-BY-UBM |
| owner_facet | DE-703 DE-12 DE-19 DE-BY-UBM |
| physical | XXVIII, 299 S. |
| publishDate | 2014 |
| publishDateSearch | 2014 |
| publishDateSort | 2014 |
| publisher | Hart |
| record_format | marc |
| series2 | Constitutional systems of the world |
| spelling | O'Brien, Derek ca. 20./21. Jh. Verfasser (DE-588)1058010565 aut Constitutional systems of the Commonwealth Caribbean a contextual analysis Derek o'Brien Oxford [u.a.] Hart 2014 XXVIII, 299 S. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Constitutional systems of the world Commonwealth (DE-588)4010437-0 gnd rswk-swf Verfassung (DE-588)4062787-1 gnd rswk-swf Karibik (DE-588)4073241-1 gnd rswk-swf Karibik (DE-588)4073241-1 g Commonwealth (DE-588)4010437-0 b Verfassung (DE-588)4062787-1 s DE-604 Digitalisierung UB Bayreuth - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=027099297&sequence=000003&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis Digitalisierung UB Bayreuth - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=027099297&sequence=000004&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Klappentext |
| spellingShingle | O'Brien, Derek ca. 20./21. Jh Constitutional systems of the Commonwealth Caribbean a contextual analysis Commonwealth (DE-588)4010437-0 gnd Verfassung (DE-588)4062787-1 gnd |
| subject_GND | (DE-588)4010437-0 (DE-588)4062787-1 (DE-588)4073241-1 |
| title | Constitutional systems of the Commonwealth Caribbean a contextual analysis |
| title_auth | Constitutional systems of the Commonwealth Caribbean a contextual analysis |
| title_exact_search | Constitutional systems of the Commonwealth Caribbean a contextual analysis |
| title_full | Constitutional systems of the Commonwealth Caribbean a contextual analysis Derek o'Brien |
| title_fullStr | Constitutional systems of the Commonwealth Caribbean a contextual analysis Derek o'Brien |
| title_full_unstemmed | Constitutional systems of the Commonwealth Caribbean a contextual analysis Derek o'Brien |
| title_short | Constitutional systems of the Commonwealth Caribbean |
| title_sort | constitutional systems of the commonwealth caribbean a contextual analysis |
| title_sub | a contextual analysis |
| topic | Commonwealth (DE-588)4010437-0 gnd Verfassung (DE-588)4062787-1 gnd |
| topic_facet | Commonwealth Verfassung Karibik |
| url | http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=027099297&sequence=000003&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=027099297&sequence=000004&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT obrienderek constitutionalsystemsofthecommonwealthcaribbeanacontextualanalysis |