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Are We All Equal?: Immunity of Parliament Members and Criminal Responsibility of Cabinet Members in Greece

Are We All Equal?: Immunity of Parliament Members and Criminal Responsibility of Cabinet Members in Greece

Konstantinos Margaritis
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 13
ISBN13: 9781522500810|ISBN10: 1522500812|EISBN13: 9781522500827
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0081-0.ch020
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Margaritis, Konstantinos. "Are We All Equal?: Immunity of Parliament Members and Criminal Responsibility of Cabinet Members in Greece." Political Discourse in Emergent, Fragile, and Failed Democracies, edited by Daniel Ochieng Orwenjo, et al., IGI Global, 2016, pp. 360-372. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0081-0.ch020

APA

Margaritis, K. (2016). Are We All Equal?: Immunity of Parliament Members and Criminal Responsibility of Cabinet Members in Greece. In D. Orwenjo, O. Oketch, & A. Tunde (Eds.), Political Discourse in Emergent, Fragile, and Failed Democracies (pp. 360-372). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0081-0.ch020

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Margaritis, Konstantinos. "Are We All Equal?: Immunity of Parliament Members and Criminal Responsibility of Cabinet Members in Greece." In Political Discourse in Emergent, Fragile, and Failed Democracies, edited by Daniel Ochieng Orwenjo, Omondi Oketch, and Asiru Hameed Tunde, 360-372. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0081-0.ch020

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Abstract

In the present paper the constitutional provisions granting a special procedure to the members of the cabinet and parliament will be examined. Their problematic aspects will be revealed and possible solutions will be proposed. In this context, the application of those provisions in practice will be underlined with the examination of specific cases as well as case law from the European Court of Human Rights. For the extent that the privileges could be justified, the principles of reasonable inequalities developed by John Rawls will be used.

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