Thesis--Auburn University, 2008. / Abstract. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Crop & Soil Sciences, 2008. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Aug. 17, 2009) Includes bibliographical references. Also issued in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Oregon State University, 1994. / Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 109-125). Also available on the World Wide Web.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2005. / Advisor: Joseph C. Beckham, Florida State University, College of Education, Dept. of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Jan. 25, 2006). Document formatted into pages; contains x, 225 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Notre Dame, 2007. / Thesis directed by Donald Kommers for the Department of Political Science. "July 2007." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 274-277).

The primary focus of this study is the analysis of constitutional amendment-making processes following transitions from authoritarian regimes. Based on an extended longitudinal comparative case study of Chile and Turkey, the body of the work focuses on the experience of constitution-making during military rule and amendment-making following the transition to elected civilian governments. While both countries suffered a breakdown of democracy and ensuing new military-imposed constitutions, their amendment-making processes after the restoration of democracy were quite different. Chile developed a largely consensual approach while Turkey moved increasingly toward dissonance and confrontation. Extensive field research and personal interviews in both countries found that the procedural rigidity of amendment-making processes is insufficient to explain the extent and direction of constitutional change adopted under elected civilians after the transition from military rule (Chile in 2005, Turkey in 2010). Therefore a central feature of this study is the development of an analytical framework to explore both demand and supply side factors. This framework deconstructs the amendment making mechanism by examining such demand-side factors as shifts in the balance of power; societal forces and external actors; political, social and cultural context; characteristics of the constitution; and constitutional tradition. Supply-side factors addressed are the procedural and informal institutional elements, including the role of veto powers; informational constraints; and the content of the proposed amendments themselves. This dissertation contributes to the expanding literature on authoritarian constitutions and amendment-making processes and breaks new ground by systematically comparing the experience of Chile and Turkey, as key actors attempted to gradually amend their military-imposed constitutions. The different outcomes in these two cases, this study argues, were shaped by variations in historical context, the balance of power, the number of veto players, and different incentives for reform, i.e., the reassertion of democratic practices in Chile and a reactive response to political and constitutional crises in Turkey.

The aim of this thesis is to analyse selected amendments of The Building Savings Act No. 96/1993 of the Legal Code. It concerns the amendments that affected the system of building savings in a fundamental way, resp. they have been able to affect it. In its 8 chapters, the thesis deals with the original legislation on building savings, its place within the context of the Czech legal system, basic terminology of building savings and the contentious questions that arise from them. They are put in the context of both the historical and the current legislations, including not only re-codification of the Civil Law but also so called The Mortgage Directive 2014/17/EU. To illustrate this, it is used also selected court rulings concerning building savings, charts and tables. The whole issue is assessed from the qualitative point of view - while taking into account a 2012 amendment that has not been implemented. With the view of the lack of the specialist literature, it is used mainly texts of the related acts and casual reports as well as the wealth of experience I have gained during my many years at work. The result of this thesis is a summary of the key amendments of the building savings legislation in the Czech Republic and incorporation of building savings into the legal and economic contexts. I allowed...

Masters in Public Administration - MPA / This study looked at socio-economic and political constraints on constitutional reform in Swaziland, an independent state with a fully autonomous government that falls under the Monarch who is Head of State. Swaziland maintains strong economic and trading links with South Africa and also maintains such ties with other states, especially in the Southern African Development Community region. Up untill 1973, the country's constitution was Westminister based. This was evoked and replaced with a system designed to facilitate the practice of both western and traditional styles of government. This system incorporated the system known as Tinkhundla and provides for the people to elect candidates to be their parliamentary representatives for specific constituencies. / South Africa

Magister Legum - LLM / The paper focuses on the role of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) in the national legislative process. An enquiry into the relevance of the NCOP when processing bills during the Third Parliament has been critical when reviewing this role. The paper studied all the bills processed by Parliament with particular interest in the amendments proposed by the NCOP. The legislative framework in which the NCOP functions was critical to determine whether it enables this institution to adequately fulfill this role. The objective of this paper was to assess whether or not the NCOP fulfills its constitutional role of representing provincial interests in the national legislative process. The paper has uncovered the following regarding the NCOP’s role in the national legislative process. • The NCOP role varies according to the different pieces of legislation it is considering. This means that the manner in which it processes and passes ordinary bills affecting provinces will be different from the way it considers those bills not affecting provinces. • The NCOP has thorough consultative process on bills affecting provinces, compared to the superficial role it plays on bills not affecting provinces. More ordinary bills not affecting provinces have been processed by Parliament; however, the NCOP has proposed more amendments to the minority of bills affecting provinces. • The electoral system of South Africa has weakened the caliber of delegates in the NCOP. This has unintended consequences on the strength of the NCOP as an institution to abide by its decisions or to challenge the National Assembly when there are disagreements. • The NCOP may be misguided about its role at times and not strategically situated to focus on matters of provincial competence. x The paper argues that the NCOP remains relevant and has achieved its constitutional mandate of representing the interests of provinces. However, more work needs to be done to ascertain a common view of what constitutes provincial interests. Furthermore, the NCOP should confine its scope to matters of provincial competence. Thus the small number of delegates will be focused on the issues that reflect the core mandate of this institution.

The main theme of this thesis is an analysis of post-contractual behaviour of selected contractors of public procurement. Processes behind the post-contractual behaviour are succeeding already signed contracts, and can often lead to an undesirable change in contracted price. Indetification of these processes, that lead to increased post-contractual behaviour, is the key element of this thesis. For this purpose, the collection and subsequential analysis of the collected data, i.e. data about completed public procurement, is crucial.