Essays about: "separation of powers"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 14 essays containing the words separation of powers.

  1. 6. A Political Bellwether? The European Commission’s Interaction with the Court of Justice of the European Union under the Preliminary Ruling Procedure

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Maj Gustafsson; [2014-12-17]
    Keywords : Article 267 TFEU; Preliminary Ruling Procedure; European Court of Justice; European integration; European Commission; judicial politics; separation of powers; EU migration policy;

    Abstract : Recent quantitative research has shown a sizable impact of the European Commission’s written observations on the preliminary rulings of the Court of Justice of the European Union. In explaining the high success rate of the Commission, scholars have referred to an old assumption according to which the Court uses the Commission as a ‘political bellwether’ to determine how farMember States may be pushed towards enhanced legal integration in any given case. READ MORE

  2. 7. Judicial policymaking in the supranational context - the European Union and its experiences

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Vlad Dan Roman; [2014]
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    Abstract : Even though we are living in societies based on the principle of separation of powers, the current internal and international status quo develops mechanisms that depart from the traditional way of perceiving this idea.By giving primacy to constitutional review instruments, executives and legislatives are no longer the only policy makers actors; the involvement of judges in policy issues dilutes the politicians’ powers in this resort and brings legal expertize into play; moreover, as nowadays states commit themselves on the international arena, ‘judicialization’ of politic’ is also happening as a result of the creation of supranational Courts. READ MORE

  3. 8. Nominating the Justices of the Supreme Court a Comparative Study of the United States and Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten; Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Elise Krumholz; [2014]
    Keywords : Comparative law; legal history; Supreme Court; United States; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : I denna uppsats jämförs utvecklingen av rekryteringsprocessen av justitieråd till de respektive högsta domstolarna i USA och Sverige. Båda domstolarna inrättades 1789 under starkt inflytande av Charles-Louis de Secondats, Baron de La Bréde et de Montesquies teorier om maktdelning. READ MORE

  4. 9. How to deal with issues arising in the loan loss provisioning process - A case study of a large Swedish bank

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Julia Persson; Magnus Lundberg; [2012]
    Keywords : Loan Loss Provision; IAS 39; Bank; Smoothing; Risk;

    Abstract : By conducting a case study on a Swedish bank, we aim at filling the gap in previous research and increasing the understanding about loan loss provisioning, by identifying issues that arise during the loan loss provisioning process. We show that three main issues arise during the process: (1) how to design the internal guidelines to achieve a consistent process, (2) how to consistently identify and handle when to take a provision, and (3) how to estimate the size of provision. READ MORE

  5. 10. Myths and realities of check and balance in sustaining democracy A case study of the American constitution

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jonas Kamleh; [2006]
    Keywords : separation of powers; checks and balances; democracy; constitution; judiciary; executive; legislative; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Scholars, philosophers, politicians, and citizens alike have been fascinated, since their first implementation in old Athens, with the conceptualisation of separation of powers principle, and the checks and balances mechanisms. Through a case study of the US constitution, this essay analyzes how the separation of powers principle and checks and balances mechanisms, with regards to foreign policy, have been implemented and constitutionalised in the US constitution. READ MORE