Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 3 of 3
Full-Text Articles in Law
Members Of Parliament’S Privileges And Subjects’ Protection From Libel, Noel Cox
Members Of Parliament’S Privileges And Subjects’ Protection From Libel, Noel Cox
Noel Cox
In Buchanan v Jennings [2002] 3 NZLR 145 (CA); [2004] UKPC 36; [2005] 2 All ER 273 (New Zealand PC) the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, on appeal from the Court of Appeal of New Zealand (unanimously) held that a Member of Parliament may be held liable in defamation if the member makes a defamatory statement in the House of Representatives and later affirmed the statement (without repeating it) on an occasion which was not protected by parliamentary privilege. The statement in the House was covered by absolute privilege in the Defamation Act 1992 (N.Z.) and the Bill of …
Peerage Privileges Since The House Of Lords Act 1999, Noel Cox
Peerage Privileges Since The House Of Lords Act 1999, Noel Cox
Noel Cox
The recent and ongoing reform of the House of Lords in the United Kingdom, which has thus far seen the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999, which excluded almost all hereditary peers and peeresses from the House, has focused attention upon the appointment process for membership of the upper house, whether hereditary, appointed, or elected. Less attention has been paid to the role of the peerage. Though officially it is said that any proposals for substantial reform of the composition of the Lords will have to look at the Lords’ role, powers and procedures and its relationship with …
The Application Of Tudor Sumptuary Laws To Academic Dress: Doctors In Scarlet?, Noel Cox
The Application Of Tudor Sumptuary Laws To Academic Dress: Doctors In Scarlet?, Noel Cox
Noel Cox
Sumptuary legislation played an important social role in Tudor society, as it did in earlier generations. It applied to ordinary attire, but also, where appropriate, to what we might call uniforms. Specifically, it applied to clerical and academical dress. An Act of 1533 (24 Henry VIII c 13) was the most comprehensive on this point. It includes provisions that have since commonly been read to allow holders of a doctors degree to wear scarlet gowns, whatever their universities might otherwise provide. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the relevant sections of this Act and one of 1509, in …