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Our Constitution: Democracy or One-man rule? – Part 2
Dr. William Para RiviereNov. 19, 2014Just like in the case of the President and that of the Cabinet, so, too, our Constitution provides the Prime Minister with powers which may be used to control the ...
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Our constitution
Dr. William Para RiviereNov. 11, 2014Political democracy in our opinion represents much more than election by the people of those charged with governing their affairs. Nonetheless, the principle of elective governance is fundamental to democratic ...
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Major Events in our Constitutional Development – Part 5
Dr. William Para RiviereNov. 1, 2014The John Government convened Parliament to pass legislation banning the right of Trade Unions to embark on strike action. The D.F.P led a protest against the intended measure during the ...
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Major Events in our Constitutional Development – Part 3
Dr. William Para RiviereOct. 14, 2014The "Representative Government Association" was formed, led by Alex Ramsay Lockhart. Its mission was to abolish Crown Colony government.
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Major Events in our Constitutional Development – Part 2
Dr. William Para RiviereOct. 10, 2014Free coloured persons formed a majority in the House of Assembly. They included Joseph Fadelle, L.F. Bellot, A.L. Bellot, Joseph B. Bellot, George Titre, Alexander Richardson and Mytre Giraud.
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Major Events in our Constitutional Development – Part 1
Dr. William Para RiviereSept. 30, 2014Kalinago life did not call for governance of the kind later imported by the colonizer. Each settlement was a world unto itself. It made three kinds of decisions: elect a ...
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Your right to silence
Dr. William Para RiviereSept. 23, 2014In a criminal trial a person charged with an offence may choose to give or not give evidence in his or her defence. If the choice is to give evidence ...
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I.P.O Law in Practice - 3
Dr. William Para RiviereSept. 16, 2014Of course, the best measure of the success of the I.P.O law is to be found in what has been achieved in its six-year period of implementation. Much of this ...
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I.P.O Law in Practice - 2
Dr. William Para RiviereSept. 12, 2014The Commission has authority to do no more than recommend to the D.P.P that "further" action be taken against those whom in its deliberate judgement it suspects of gross unethical ...
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I.P.O Law in Practice - 1
Dr. William Para RiviereSept. 3, 2014The I.P.O Act provides a vast range of offences, with comparatively heavy penalties, aimed at curing intolerable mischiefs that may arise in the public service. It establishes an Integrity Commission ...
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I.P.O Law – Corruption
Dr. William Para RiviereAug. 27, 2014A mission of the I.P.O legislation is to stamp out corruption within our public service. It sets out to accomplish this by making bribery, especially of high-ranking public officers, and ...
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I.P.O Law – code of conduct
Dr. William Para RiviereAug. 15, 2014The I.P.O Act is intended to not only eradicate the practice in the public service of accumulating wealth by illegitimate means. It also sets out to put an end there ...
