Open AccessCONSTITUTIONAL LIMBO IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO (THE UNCERTAINTY, NOT THE DANCE)*
Author(s) -
Gregory Tardi
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
constitutional forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1927-4165
pISSN - 0847-3889
DOI - 10.21991/c9cq2c
Subject(s) - commonwealth , variety (cybernetics) , dance , style (visual arts) , politics , constitutional crisis , law , political science , history , art , archaeology , computer science , literature , artificial intelligence
Constitutional practice in Westminster-style parliamentary democracies throughout the Commonwealth can produce an infinite variety of scenarios of political law. In recent years, few such scenarios could have proved more intricate and intractable than the constitutional crisis that ended a short time ago in Trinidad and Tobago. A Canadian lawyer seeking to understand these difficulties would be navigating through instruments and practices not unfamiliar by comparison to his or her own system.