10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KANGAROO CLOSURE»
Discover the use of
kangaroo closure in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
kangaroo closure and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
... and the chairman of a standing committee, have power to select the new
clauses or amendments to be proposed.3 This power grew out of the 'kangaroo
closure' which is still in Standing Orders, though it is rarely used.4 Under the
kangaroo ...
(c) Kangaroo Closure: Under this form of closure, the Speaker is empowered to
select those clauses and amendments which he thinks most appropriate for
discussion. The Speaker has the power to decide which amendments at the
report ...
Bhagwan Vishnoo, Rajani R Shirur, Bhushan Vidya, 1997
3
Meetings: Practice and Procedure in New Zealand (edition 4)
113-240 Kangaroo closure The ”kangaroo closure” is a similar device. 113-230.
To. put. the. motion. immediately. iv The mover has the right to reopen the debate.
113-230 74 Meetings Practice and Procedure in New Zealand.
4
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage: The Classic First Edition
The kangaroo, or kangaroo closure, is a further development. The guillotine
having the disadvantage that the limited time may be wasted on minor matters &
none be left for important ones, the Chairman of Committees is empowered to
select ...
H. W. Fowler, David Crystal, 2009
5
World Constitution - A Comparative Study: Political Science
(c) Kangaroo Closure: Under this form of closure, the Speaker is empowered to
select those clauses and amendments which he thinks most appropriate for
discussion. The Speaker has the power to decide which amendments at the
report ...
Vishnoo Bhagwan, Vidya Bhushan
6
Language at Large: Essays on Syntax and Semantics
The word kangaroo is used in dozens of combinations, including kangaroo
closure, a method adopted in Parliamentary committees by which the chairman is
permitted to select what amendments they consider to be relevant to the question
...
Alexandra Aikhenvald, Alexandra Yurevna Aikhenvald, R.M.W. Dixon, 2011
7
The Ethics of Deconstruction: Derrida and Levinas
2.2 The Sense of Closure The word 'closure' appears in many contexts; one
speaks of the closure of a college, a hospital, or a university department, the
closure of a debate or a parliamentary session, a kangaroo closure, the closure
of a ...
8
Chembers 21 Century Dictionary
O I8c: from gangumi in an Australian Aboriginal language. kangaroo closure c»
noun, Brit in parliamentary procedure: a type of closure where the chairperson
selects which amendments will be discussed and which passed over. kangaroo ...
9
Dictionary of Politics: Selected American and Foreign ...
See CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC UNION (CDU). Kangaroo Closure. A
parliamentary device (commonly used in the House of Commons in England)
whereby the leader of a debate may limit discussion to only one or several
aspects of an issue, ...
Walter John Raymond, 1992
10
Safire's Political Dictionary
Kangaroo closure occurs when a chairman or speaker selects only those
amendments of a bill he is interested in as subject to debate. In underworld lingo,
a kangaroo is a shoplifter with capacious pockets. K1C2 The Republican
campaign ...
