Constitutional Regulations of Legislative Proceedings

Legislative Legal Frameworks to for the Status of Indictment in the form Process of Procedural Proceedings

Because of the prominentce role of indictment in criminal proceedings, it is important to discuss legal frameworks witch can strengthen the status of indictment. Apart from Article 66 of the Criminal Procedure Code 1392 there are various provisions that can much better illustrate the status of indictment. On the one hand, Indictment is similar to concepts such as crime complaints and crime repo...

State Legislative Ratification of Federal Constitutional Amendments: An Overview

Democracy and Legislative Proceedings in Spain

This paper reviews certain decisions adopted recently by the Spanish Constitutional Court (STC 136/2011, ATC 7/2012 and ATC 9/2012), which reveal a certain disregard for rule of law in legislative proceedings. This affects Parliament’s minorities insofar as it prevents or hinders their legislative participation and their access to the Constitutional Court, both key elements in any democratic st...

Constitutional Restraints on the Regulations of Scientific Speech and Scientific Research

The question of what constitutional constraints should apply to government efforts to regulate scientific speech is frequently contrasted to the question of what constitutional constraints should apply to government efforts to regulate scientific research. This comment argues that neither question is well formulated for constitutional analysis, which should instead turn on the relationship to c...

Update on Medicare graduate medical education law, regulations, and legislative proposals.