THE CYPRUS EXPERIENCE

LIST OF CONTENTS xi THE SOVEREIGN BRITISH BASES IN CYPRUS . . . . . . . . . . . 269 UK Legal Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 International Law Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 Facts and Realities on the Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 Cypriot Legal Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 D. CONSTITUTIONALISM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 LAW AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS . . . . 288 Administrative Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 Constitutional Law and Constitutional Interpretation . . . . . 300 Prerogative Orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 Private Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 AMENDMENT AND CONSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION . . . . . 324 FEDERATION, STATE, GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL EQUALITY . . . 345 GENESIS, REVOLUTION AND METAMORPHOSIS . . . . . . . . . 350 E. CONCLUSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 FINAL REFLECTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383 INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405