Sentences with phrase «examples of constitutional conventions»

Four previous examples of constitutional conventions / citizens» assemblies were then evaluated against these criteria as options the UK could draw upon in the process of designing its own: Scotland (late 1980s), Iceland (2011), Canada (British Columbia 2004 and Ontario 2006) and Ireland (2012 - 14).

Not exact matches

He reported sarcastically that «there» were some members [at the Constitutional Convention] so unfashionable as to think that a belief of the existence of a Deity, and of a state of future rewards and punishments would be some security for the good conduct of our rulers, and that in a Christian country it would be at least decent to hold out some distinction between the professors of Christianity and downright infidelity or paganism» (IV: 642) This chapter also includes excerpts from state constitutions that imposed religious tests on government officers (Delaware, for example.

Ghose used the discussion of challenges specific to a UK - convention to emphasise the need for pilot constitutional discussions to shape the main event, citing the «We the Citizens» campaign in Ireland as an example.

The opponents of the constitutional convention are a modern example of the old saying that «politics makes strange bedfellows».

Example Indicators: â $ cents Describe the causes, costs, and benefits of major events in American history up to 1877, e.g., American Revolution, the Constitutional Convention, the Civil War, and Reconstruction.