Sentence examples for effective constitution from inspiring English sources

It also needs the rule of law; an effective constitution capable of holding the executive to account; a free press; and a vibrant civil society.

Ms. Vallejos, a domestic worker who has lived in Hong Kong for more than 25 years, challenged the immigration department ordinance and won a ruling last Sept. 30, when a judge called the department's ruling a violation of the Basic Law, Hong Kong's effective constitution since its return to Chinese rule in 1997.

According to the provisions of the Constitution effective in 1954, it is stipulated that government leaders should be elected by people's representatives, and representatives should be chosen through primary elections in work units.

Another would be to make the benefits less generous (apart from the Bolsa Família, which pays out relatively low amounts and is very cost-effective): Brazil's constitution mandates that most state benefits, though not those paid under the Bolsa Família, must equal or exceed the minimum wage, which has been growing fast in recent years.

So without effective dissemination of the constitution, how else are women to know about their rights?" she said.

In 1980 Anguilla formally became a dependent territory (from 2002, overseas territory) of the United Kingdom, and a new constitution became effective in 1982; it was amended in 1990.

• The U.S. Constitution provides effective protection against the religious-minded imposing their views on others.

Paragraph 5 provides that the effective date of the Constitution is January 1 , 1948 "except as herein otherwise provided".

At the end of the day, the effective meaning of the Constitution and the law is not what you or I think it should mean based on a plain reading of the text, but whatever the courts say it means.

Under Iraq's Constitution, if an effective date is not specified in the legislation, then it is the date the legislation is published in the Ministry's newspaper.

That is to try to put parliament a bit nearer the centre of British political life, to try to move parliament from being a dignified to an effective part of the British constitution again".