Author: Enid Campbell
Publisher: Federation Press
ISBN: 9781862874787
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 278
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The publication of Parliamentary Privilege in Australia in 1966 established Enid Campbell as the country's leading scholar in the area. Now Professor Campbell has written a successor which, while drawing on parts of the earlier work, focusses on issues and problems which have arisen in recent years, particularly since the enactment of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987. Topics specifically examined in the book include - the scope of the central privilege of freedom of speech and debate in parliament; measures adopted by houses of parliaments to regulate exercise of that freedom; restrictions on the uses which may be made of evidence of what has been said and done in the course of parliamentary proceedings; immunities accorded to MPs in respect of various legal processes, such as ones which require them to appear before a court to give evidence; the powers of houses of parliaments to make inquiries and to delegate investigatory powers to committee of their members; the power of houses of parliaments to impose penalties of a criminal character and to discipline their members. This book, like its predecessor, will be the standard reference on the laws concerning the powers, privileges and immunities of Australian parliaments, their members and committees for the next generation.
Author: Donald James Nicholls Nicholls of Birkenhead
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780104727980
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 18
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Author: Donald James Nicolls Nicholls of Birkenhead
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780104787984
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 10
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Author: Basil Thomas Wigoder Wigoder
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780104731987
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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Author: Donald James Nicolls Nicolls of Birkenhead
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780104782989
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 14
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Publisher: Stationery Office/Tso
ISBN: 9780108551208
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 115
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Parliaments need certain rights or immunities to ensure they can operate freely and independently. In the United Kingdom Parliament such rights and immunities are provided by means of "parliamentary privilege". This comprises the right of each House to control its own proceedings and precincts, and the right of those participating in parliamentary proceedings, whether or not they are Members, to speak freely without fear of legal liability or other reprisal. Parliamentary privilege came to public attention in the wake of the 2009 expenses scandal, when three former MPs and one member of the House of Lords accused of false accounting over their expenses sought to argue that they ought not to be prosecuted because of parliamentary privilege. The then Leader of the Opposition, Mr David Cameron, announced that, if elected, the Conservatives would legislate to implement the recommendations of the 1999 Joint Committee on Parliamentary Privilege that parliamentary privilege should be embodied in a new and comprehensive Parliamentary Privileges Act, "codifying parliamentary privilege as a whole". The Government published a Green paper in April 2012. The Committee does do not consider that comprehensive codification is needed at this time. This does not mean that it rejects all legislation; but legislation should only be used when absolutely necessary, to resolve uncertainty or in the unlikely event of Parliament's exclusive cognisance being materially diminished by the courts. They therefore disagree with the major recommendation of the 1999 Joint Committee report. Parliamentary privilege is a living concept. It evolves as Parliament evolves, and as the law evolves
Author: Donald James Nicholls Nicolls of Birkenhead
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ISBN: 9780104774984
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 12
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Author: New South Wales. Parliament. Joint Select Committee upon Parliamentary Privilege
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ISBN:
Category : Legislative bodies
Languages : en
Pages : 2750
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 583
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Author: Great Britain. Parliament. Joint Committee on Parliamentary Privilege
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780104327999
Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages : 142
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Joint Committee on Parliamentary Privilege
