TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pikēs,Geōrgios
TI  - Constitutionalism--human rights--separation of powers: the Cyprus precedent 
T2  - Nijhoff eBook titles 2006
SN  - 9789047410218
AV  - KJN207 .P55 2006
U1  - 342.5693 22
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Martinus Nijhoff.
KW  - Constitutional law
KW  - Cyprus
KW  - Human rights
KW  - Judicial review
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preliminary Material -- A Preface -- B Constitutional Framework -- C Constitutional Review -- D Law of Necessity -- E Human Rights -- F Separation of Powers: the Sphere and Authority of Each One of the Three Powers of the State -- G Article 146 Judicial Review of Administrative Action -- Index; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - Following 82 years of British rule, Cyprus emerged in 1960 as an independent state endowed with a written Constitution, detailed to the extent of making provision for nearly every aspect of government. Two distinct features of the Constitution are a) the incorporation of a comprehensive charter of human rights backed up by a duty cast on every authority of the State to ensure its efficient application and b) the strict separation between the three powers of the State. Another notable aspect of it is the introduction of judicial review of administrative action rendering justiciable every act, decision or omission of every organ, body or person exercising administrative or executive authority. The diversity of the sources of constitutional order, its detailed provisions about nearly every aspect of government convey a distinct complexion to the Constitution of the country. This book covers its application in the turbulent history of the island, which provides a singular if not a unique example of the sustenance of constitutional order in extreme circumstances; constitutionalism in full swing
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004152410.i-164
ER  -