World ConstitutionsSterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd, 1997 - 852 pages |
Contents
The Constitution of Great Britain 1 Growth of the English Constitution | 1 |
Nature of the English Constitution | 14 |
The Crown | 30 |
The Cabinet | 43 |
The Civil Service | 66 |
The British Parliament | 75 |
House of Lords | 100 |
The British Judiciary | 114 |
The Judiciary | 486 |
Political Parties | 493 |
The Constitution of Canada 1 Introduction | 502 |
Features of the Constitution | 505 |
Fundamental Rights and Freedoms | 512 |
The Dominion Executive | 515 |
The Dominion Parliament | 524 |
The Judicial System | 535 |
Local Government in England | 121 |
Political Parties in England | 131 |
Introduction | 145 |
Salient Features of the American Constitution | 150 |
The American Federalism and Checks and Balances | 159 |
The American Presidency | 169 |
Its Composition | 202 |
Its Special Powers | 218 |
The Powers of Congress | 229 |
The Congress at Work | 242 |
The Federal Judiciary | 261 |
Political Parties | 278 |
The Constitution of Switzerland 1 Introduction | 295 |
Main Features of the Swiss Constitution | 299 |
Federal Parliament | 308 |
The Swiss Executive Federal Council | 317 |
The Federal Judiciary | 328 |
Direct Democracy in Switzerland | 334 |
Political Parties in Switzerland | 347 |
The Cantonal Government | 354 |
The Historical Background | 362 |
The Nature of the Constitution | 369 |
The French Executive | 375 |
The French Parliament | 388 |
The French Judiciary | 404 |
Local Government in France | 412 |
Political Parties in France | 423 |
The Constitution of Japan 1 Introduction | 434 |
General Features | 445 |
Fundamental Rights | 450 |
The Japanese Executive | 455 |
The Diet | 468 |
Political Parties | 538 |
Canadian Federalism | 542 |
Amendment Procedure | 546 |
Statute of Westminster 1931 and Legal Status of Canada | 549 |
The Constitution of Australia 1 The Historical Background | 552 |
Main Features | 556 |
Executive Government | 561 |
The Federal Parliament | 565 |
The Federal Judiciary | 572 |
Political Parties in Australia | 575 |
The Australian Federation | 579 |
The Constitution of the Peoples Republic of China 1 Introduction | 586 |
Main Features of the Old Constitution of China | 595 |
Features of the 1978 Constitution of China | 606 |
Salient Features of 1982 Chinese Constitution | 612 |
The Standing Committee of NPC | 621 |
The President of China | 625 |
The State Council | 628 |
The Judicial System | 632 |
Rights and Duties Articles 33 to 56 | 637 |
The Communist Party of China | 647 |
The Historical Background | 666 |
Introduction | 677 |
Salient Features of the Constitution | 680 |
Rights and Duties | 687 |
President of the Russian Federation | 693 |
Government of the Russian Federation | 699 |
Federal Assembly | 703 |
Judiciary of Russian Federation | 710 |
Russian Federation | 716 |
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