THE CYPRUS EXPERIENCE

LIST OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CASES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 A. CONSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVES AND DEVELOPMENTS . 7 THE ZURICH AND LONDON AGREEMENTS AND THE 1960 CONSTITUTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Treaties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 The 1960 Constitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 The Executive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 The Legislative Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 The Judiciary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 The Public Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Independent Officers of the Republic . . . . . . . . . . 19 A Critical Appraisal of the 1960 Constitution . . . . . . . . . 19 THE CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS AND THE 13 PROPOSALS . . . . . . 29 THE DOCTRINE OF NECESSITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 DEVELOPMENTS OF THE DOCTRINE OF NECESSITY IN CYPRUS FOLLOWING IBRAHIM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Administrative Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Establishment of substitute or new organs and processes    once the original ones could no longer function due    to the absence of their Turkish Cypriot Members . . . . . 71 Miscellaneous legislation contrary to the provisions    of the 1960 Constitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Offices and Positions which could only be filled by the President    and the Vice-President of the Republic acting together . . . 79 Fundamental Human Rights and the Doctrine of Necessity . . . 80 ix