06-07-2008, 07:04 PM
Quote:Supreme Courts in countries like Canada and the US sort of have the role of defending the rule of law. I don't know what the situation is like in the Netherlands, though.Nope, the Parliamant is supposed not to make unconstitutional laws. We do have a "Hoge Raad" (supreme council) that gives advise when laws are prepared, and unfortunately is also the highest juridical court. This means that one college is both advising and controling, which is against E.U. principles, and is now under investigation by the Luxemburg E.U. court.
I do not need Belgian beer -that is to say: I am serious- to maintain that the Dutch would, as far as legal security is concerned, be better of if the Netherlands were added to Germany as a Bundesland. It's a sign of both these confused times and the excellent relations to the Germany, that people no longer think that this thought experiment is insane.
