Sentences with phrase «value of constitutional democracy»

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The form of argument in this presentation has emphasized several specific points: first, that the Asian values argument, as a challenge to the implementation of constitutional democracy, is exaggerated and fails to account for the richness of values discourse in the East Asian region - local values do not provide a justification for harsh authoritarian practices; second, that the cultural prerequisites arguments fail because they ignore the discursive processes for value development and they are tautological, excessively deterministic and ignore the importance of human agency it, therefore, makes little sense to take an entry test for constitutional democracy; third, the difficulties of importing Western communitarian ideas into an East Asian authoritarian environment without adequate liberal constitutional safeguards; fourth, the positive role of constitutionalism in constructing empowering conversations in modern democratic development and as a venue for values discourse; fifth, the importance, especially in a cross-cultural context, of indigenization of constitutionalism through local institutional embodiment; and sixth, the value of extending research focused on the positive engendering or enabling function of constitutionalism to the developmental context in general and East Asia in particular.

In this respect, I believe it can only be commended that the Court attributes a meaningful role to the principles of democracy and the rule of law — principles which, after all, rank amongst the EU's founding constitutional values as expressed in Article 2 TEU.

It is far more insidious in that it attacks our very way of life and seeks to destroy the fundamental values to which we ascribe — values that form the essence of our constitutional democracy.»

The legal question that Mr. Charkaoui's Constitutional challenge presented was how the government should balance its responsibility to protect the safety of its citizens and to remain accountable to constitutional values and democracy.3 The security certificate provisions in the IRPA tried to balance these issues by giving the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness the authority to issue «security certificates» to detain and deport non-citizens deemed to be a danger to Constitutional challenge presented was how the government should balance its responsibility to protect the safety of its citizens and to remain accountable to constitutional values and democracy.3 The security certificate provisions in the IRPA tried to balance these issues by giving the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness the authority to issue «security certificates» to detain and deport non-citizens deemed to be a danger to constitutional values and democracy.3 The security certificate provisions in the IRPA tried to balance these issues by giving the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness the authority to issue «security certificates» to detain and deport non-citizens deemed to be a danger to public safety.