Showing posts with label constitutional reform Bahamas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label constitutional reform Bahamas. Show all posts
Saturday, November 24, 2012

Constitutional reform - pt. 14... ...the need for a new Caribbean jurisprudence... ...Caribbean Judges should be encouraged to demonstrate flexibility in developing our constitutional jurisprudence in the Commonwealth Caribbean

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Constitutional reform pt. 14 The constitution: Limitations in enforcement of Bill of Rights By Alfred Sears The fundamental rights gu...
Saturday, November 10, 2012

Constitutional reform - pt. 12... ...I therefore recommend that Article 23 of the constitution be amended to include a specific guarantee for freedom of the press ...in order to better protect the community’s interest in integrity in public administration ...through robust scrutiny by an independent press

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Constitutional reform pt. 12 Freedom of expression By Alfred Sears In a democratic society there is no greater right than the right of...

Constitutional reform - pt. 11... ...The supreme law clause of the constitution should be strengthened in the following ways: ...(a) by granting to the courts the power to review legislation to ensure consistency with the constitution... ...(b) by conferring legal standing to citizens of The Bahamas, in their own interest ...or as part of an association or interest group ...to initiate a constitutional challenge with respect to the validity of any legislation that they consider to be inconsistent with the constitution

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Constitutional reform pt. 11 By ALFRED SEARS Chapter one of the constitution states that the constitution is the supreme law of The...
Friday, October 12, 2012

Constitutional reform, pt. 8: ... ...The right of a citizen to good health and a clean environment

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Constitutional reform, pt. 8 By ALFRED SEARS Sir Lynden Pindling, one of the founding fathers of our Constitution, in an address at th...
Friday, October 5, 2012

Constitutional reform Pt. 7: ... ...I, therefore, recommend that we amend our constitution to provide for the public funding of national elections ...with appropriate legislation to establish a system of public campaign financing ...to better secure the right to vote, reduce corruption of the political process and increase competition by independent candidates and small parties

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Constitutional reform Pt. 7 By ALFRED SEARS In June 1998 in an address at the Colloquium on Political Reform, Constitutional Change and...
Friday, September 28, 2012

Constitutional reform pt. 6: ... ...I recommend therefore that the recommendations of the disbanded Legal Aid Commission be reviewed ...and used as a guide for the establishment of a Public Defender’s Office and Legal Aid Facility, funded from public and private sources ...to balance the power and resources that the attorney general, the director of public prosecutions and commissioner of police bring to the prosecution on behalf of the state ...and to give the indigent defendant and litigant a fair opportunity to defend her or his life, liberty and property

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Constitutional reform pt. 6 By Alfred Sears In a democratic society the right of every person to be secure in the protection of the law ...