Local People's Representative Council (DPRD) In Government Legislation and Regional Legislative Institutions. One of the most esential issues democracy’s results in Indonesian constitutional platform is local legislature, so popularly known as LocalPeople's (DPRD). The key success organizing government capability conducting three basic functions plus, namely legislating, budgeting, supervising,...

Dissenting votes in parliamentary systems are overt displays of defiance by individual Members of Parliament (MPs) vis-à-vis their parties. Dissension is particularly surprising as in the vast majority of situations voting against one's party yields no change in legislative outcomes while still generating costs for MPs. This study examines the decisions of elected representatives who face confl...

It is often argued that the European Union needs legitimation by its Member State democracies. However, there also a reverse dependence in which democracies need some kind of if they are to manage externalities between themselves ways needed deliver their most fundamental obligations own publics secure rights, justice, freedom from arbitrary domination and democracy itself. I argue provides an ...

This article analyzes the development of environmental insurance legislation European Union and Russian Federation. The advantages this mechanism in matters compensation for harm caused to environment due offenses are determined. analysis Directive No. 2004/35 / CE Parliament Council EU on responsibility, aimed at preventing damage eliminating its consequences. A comparison with norms adopted i...

The article is devoted to the topical issue of theory and practice criminal procedure: analysis problems legal regulation procedural coercive measures - detention arrest. authors outline both constitutional framework means topicalities their regulation, also summarize directives Council Europe Parliament. problem terms review has been defined, guarantees rights detained persons, incl. minor chi...

In my Presidential Address at the 2010 International Biometric Conference in Florianopolis, I outlined the revised governance structure for the International Biometric Society (IBS). That structure was subsequently modified, with the final version being approved by the society membership in June 2012. The membership also approved the merger of the constitution with the bylaws, effectively disso...