The Supreme law of the land is the Constitution of 1964 as amended. Malta is an independent republic with a parliamentary system of government. Parliament makes laws subject to respect for Malta's international obligations including membership of the European Union. The European Union Act of...

In terms of direct sources of law, the Bulgarian legal system is based on a strictly defined hierarchy of the sources of law as follows: EU Law has supremacy over the internal legal provisions of the legislation of Bulgaria (including the Constitutional provisions) which contradict it and it has...

Latvia is a parliamentary State, where Parliament is the only legislator. This legislator, however, has the right to delegate legislative functions to the Cabinet of Ministers and to municipalities. Delegated legislative powers always have to be made explicit in the laws adopted by Parliament....

This training tool was developed as part of the EU-funded project, 'Capacity building of civil society dealing with anti-discrimination', with the aim to provide training on European and national anti-discrimination law and policy to non-governmental organisations in the 10 Member States which...

This training tool was developed as part of the EU-funded project 'Capacity Building of Civil Society dealing with Anti-Discrimination' with the aim of providing training on European and national anti-discrimination law and policy to non-governmental organisations in the 10 Member States which...

The Netherlands is a decentralised, unitary state and part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (which also includes the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten). King Willem-Alexander is head of state. The Netherlands has a parliamentary system of Government with a bicameral...