the clause that would justify French jurisdiction over the case. 2. Some French plaintiffs also tried to sue the US manufacturer and its US contractors. Is the Warsaw Convention applicable in this respect? How could the plaintiffs establish US jurisdiction? 3. What is forum non conveniens? How did the US court use forum non conveniens to decline its jurisdiction in this case? 4. Forum non conveniens is not available to French courts. French judges cannot exercise discretion on deciding on jurisdiction
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Unit 1 Review Environmental Science is the study of how the natural world and how the environment affects humans (and vice versa) - Interdisciplinary (natural v. social sciences) - Experiments‚ data‚ etc. Environmentalism is a social movement that tries to protect the natural world from human changes - Promoting change in behavior - Can be radical Natural resources are substances and energy source needed for survival 1. Renewable resources can be replinished a. Sunlight‚ wind‚ timber‚
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Mars Should Not Be Colonized The tallest mountain known in the solar system is on Mars. Many people on Earth are actually interested in going to and living on Mars‚ however‚ it should not be colonized. To be able to colonize Mars will be risky‚ the food will not be what humans are used to on Earth‚ and the trip to Mars is only one way. The trip to Mars will take about nine months and it is a very risky mission to those colonists who choose to do it. Colonists living on Mars are in for a risky life
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Research Paper: Should Recycle be mandatory? February 15‚ 2011 Should recycling be mandatory? Is recycling really going green with the environment? Or is recycling just a way to go for green material known as dollars? Recycling is a method in which materials that are not used anymore by people are processed in order to transform them in useful products. In the recent years‚ recycling has caused a lot of controversies whether if it is a good way to go green and help planet’s health or if it
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sustainability‚ an extension to private property rights‚ environmental charges and green taxes how the market can benefit the eradication of pollution however the problems and consequences of these mechanisms highlight the extent how much of a common resource the environment is to us‚ the alternatives to market based mechanisms like the government also show problems in their attempts to eradicate pollution. So how efficient are the market mechanisms is eradicating pollution‚ are they just short term measures
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Hijab and the Niqab‚ where the eyes remain uncovered. According to come interpretations of the Islamic sacred text - the Koran (Qur’an) – women must wear a full veil in order to be modest. Many Muslims wear the Burqa because it is symbolises and is a part of their spiritual journey‚ so they wear it by choice. While others wear the Burqa because they believe they have to‚ as it is one of the commandments of god to dress modestly. There are many Muslims who choose not to wear the Burqa at all. They
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The Johns Hopkins University How Should the US respond to Modern Latin American Revolutionary Movements? Chris Fernandez Terrorism and Counterterrorism/AS.191.390.01 Professor Max Abrahms 21 December 2012 Introduction and Thesis Ever since the tragedy surrounding the attacks of September 11th‚ 2001‚ the United States and her allies have placed an almost unmitigated focus on terrorism in the Middle East. While that focus is not misplaced‚
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expected to double in the next 50 years‚ and the ever-growing global population needs vast amounts of food‚ energy and raw materials. We cannot continue to get our food‚ energy and raw materials in the way we do now without damaging the earth’s environment beyond repair. Pollution‚ deforestation‚ over-fishing‚ the impact of intensive farming and above all global warming will see to that. We need to find ways of improving food productivity‚ and getting our energy and raw materials in more sustainable
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Should the juvenile justice system should focus on rehabilitation By: CJS/240 January 17‚ 2011 University Of Phoenix There has been much of a debate over whether or not punishment or rehabilitation should be the prime focus of the juvenile justice system. In the past‚ the focus has gone from punishment to rehabilitation and back again. This swing seems to occur based more on the community ’s response to juvenile delinquents rather than on how well either one of
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animals are kept and displayed to the public. It is a short form of Menagerie‚ zoological park and garden. The word zoological refers to zoology which means study of animals. An Egyptian queen called Queen Hatshepsut decided to build a zoo about 1500BC and about five hundred years later a Chinese Emperor named Wen Wang founded the Garden of Intelligence. The Garden of Intelligence was an enormous zoo which was full of different kind of animals and lots of ancient statues. During that time many small
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