Constitutional Law in Malta

by Kevin Aquilina

Overview

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this very useful analysis of constitutional law in Malta provides essential information on the country’s sources of constitutional law, its form of government, and its administrative structure. Lawyers who handle transnational matters will appreciate the clarifications of particular terminology and its application. Throughout the book, the treatment emphasizes the specific points at which constitutional law affects the interpretation of legal rules and procedure.

Thorough coverage by a local expert fully describes the political system, the historical background, the role of treaties, legislation, jurisprudence, and administrative regulations. The discussion of the form and structure of government outlines its legal status, the jurisdiction and workings of the central state organs, the subdivisions of the state, its decentralized authorities, and concepts of citizenship. Special issues include the legal position of aliens, foreign relations, taxing and spending powers, emergency laws, the power of the military, and the constitutional relationship between church and state. Details are presented in such a way that readers who are unfamiliar with specific terms and concepts in varying contexts will fully grasp their meaning and significance.

Its succinct yet scholarly nature, as well as the practical quality of the information it provides, make this book a valuable time-saving tool for both practising and academic jurists. Lawyers representing parties with interests in Malta will welcome this guide, and academics and researchers will appreciate its value in the study of comparative constitutional law.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789041195609
Publisher:	Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Publication date:	02/28/2018
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

Kevin Aquilina is Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Laws at the University of Malta where he is also the Head of the Department of Media, Communications and Technology Law. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science of the University of London, a Doctor of Law (LLD) from the University of Malta and a Master of Laws (LLM) in International Maritime Law from the International Maritime Organization’s International Maritime Law Institute. He currently lectures on Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Human Rights Law, Media Law and the Maltese Legal System at the Faculty of Laws at the University of Malta. Professor Aquilina has held the office of Chief Executive of the constitutionally established Maltese audiovisual broadcasting regulator – the Broadcasting Authority – for over ten years. He also served as Chairman of the Press Ethics Commission – the self-regulatory media body which hears and decides complaints against journalists. Professor Aquilina served for eleven years as Chairman of the Planning Appeals Board, and subsequently as Legal Advisor to the Planning Appeals Board and Member of the Environment and Planning Review Tribunal.

Professor Aquilina has authored various books, written several reports for Maltese and foreign institutions, drafted many primary and subsidiary laws and has published papers in edited books and articles in peer reviewed journals apart from various contributions to the print, broadcasting and new media. His books include: A List of Maltese Maritime Legislation Together with a Subject Index (Mid-Med Bank, Malta: June 1992, i + 88 pp.); Development Planning Legislation: The Maltese Experience (Malta: Mireva Publications, May 1999, xciii + 616 pp.); a six-volume compilation of Decisions of the Planning Appeals Board (Malta: Legal Publishing (Enterprises) Ltd., 1995–1998 consisting of 1,208 pp. in all). Apart from having authored all the Annual Reports of the Broadcasting Authority for the period 1999–2008, Professor Aquilina has co-authored in 2007 a publication and compact disk entitled Maltese Broadcasting Legislation: Salient Documentation as part of the Broadcasting Authority’s Broadcasting Studies Series. In 2013 he co-authored Il Sistema Ambiente, Tra Etica,Diritto Ed Economia, published in Italy by CEDAM, Casa Editrice Dott. Antonio Milani. His latest international book is Media Law in Malta in the International Encyclopaedia of Laws Series (The Netherlands: Wolters Kluwer Law and Business, September 2014, 240 pp.).

Professor Aquilina’s papers have been published in international peer reviewed journals such as Computer Law & Security Review, International Journal of Private Law, Journal of Civil Law Studies, Cambrian Law Review, Commonwealth Law Bulletin, International Journal of Public Law and Policy, Journal of Medical Ethics, Dike Kai Nomos, EUCRIM: The European Criminal Law Associations’ Forum, Comparative Law Review, European Journal of Comparative Law and Governance, International Human Rights Law Review, Global Journal of Comparative Law, International Human Rights Law Review, International Journal of Legislative Drafting and Law Reform and Maltese peer reviewed journals such as Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights, Malta Medical Journal, Melita Historica, Melita Theologica, BOV Review, Law and Practice, Future Generations Journal, European Law Students Association (ELSA) Malta Law Review and Id-Dritt Law Journal. Professor Aquilina is the Maltese regular contributor to IRIS – Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory, of the Council of Europe. He has served as the editor of the Broadcasting Authority’s Broadcasting Studies Series.