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  2. Roach v Electoral Commissioner - Wikipedia

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    Roach v Electoral Commissioner [1] [2] is a High Court of Australia case, decided in 2007, dealing with the validity of Commonwealth legislation that prevented prisoners from voting. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Court held that the 2006 amendments [ 4 ] were inconsistent with the system of representative democracy established by the Constitution .

  3. Recount (film) - Wikipedia

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    Recount is a 2008 American political drama television film about Florida's vote recount during the 2000 United States presidential election.Directed by Jay Roach and written by Danny Strong, the film stars Kevin Spacey, Bob Balaban, Ed Begley Jr., Laura Dern, John Hurt, Denis Leary, Bruce McGill, and Tom Wilkinson.

  4. Charles Roach - Wikipedia

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    Roach swore allegiance to the Queen of Canada twice before: once as a reservist in the 1950s, and again when he was called to the Bar. [ 7 ] In 1992, Roach argued in the Federal Court of Canada that the Canadian oath for new citizens , which includes a statement of allegiance to the Canadian monarch , was a violation of the Charter of Rights ...

  5. M v R - Wikipedia

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    M v R or M v The Queen is an Australian legal case decided in the High Court. [1] It is an important authority in the field of criminal law , for the circumstances in which it is permissible for a jury's guilty verdict to be overturned by a judge.

  6. R v Sault Ste-Marie (City of) - Wikipedia

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    R v Sault Ste-Marie (City of) [1978] 2 SCR 1299 is a Supreme Court of Canada case where the Court defines the three types of offences that exist in Canadian law and further defines the justification for "public welfare" offences.

  7. The Queen and I (novel) - Wikipedia

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    It is then revealed that the whole story was a nightmare. The Queen wakes to find that the Conservatives have won the election instead, as indeed actually happened, and John Major has remained prime minister. In 2006, a sequel, Queen Camilla, was published. The novel ignores the revelation that Hellebore Close was all a dream, and depicts the ...

  8. ‘The Crown’ Fact-Check: Did Prince Charles Really Plot to ...

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    The Crown’s fifth season has arrived—and with it a lot of questions about just how historically accurate this chapter of the show really is. Obviously, The Crown is a work of fiction based in ...

  9. The Virgin's Lover - Wikipedia

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    The book opens in the autumn of 1558, just after the death of Mary I of England, and bells are heralding the fact that Mary's half-sister, Elizabeth, is now queen.The book is told from four main perspectives: Elizabeth I's; William Cecil's, the queen's main advisor; Robert Dudley, the queen's favourite; and Amy Robsart's, who is Robert Dudley's wife.