1834 at the age of 35. PEDRO I’S CHILDHOOD IN PORTUGAL Pedro de Alcântara Francisco António João Carlos Xavier de Paula Miguel Rafael Joaquim José Gonzaga Pascoal Cipriano Serafim was born on October 12‚ 1798 in the Queluz Royal Palace outside of Lisbon. He was descended from royal lineage on both sides: on his father’s side‚ he was of the House of Bragança‚ the royal house of Portugal‚ and his mother was Carlota of Spain‚ daughter of King Carlos IV. At the time of his birth‚ Portugal was ruled
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Section 1 Introduction 1 Section 2 EU LAW – Primary Legislation 2 2.1 Treaty of Rome 2 2.2 The Single European Act 2 2.3 The Maastricht Treaty 3 2.4 The Amsterdam Treaty 3 2.5 The Nice Treaty 3 2.6 The Lisbon Treaty 3 Section 3 EU LAW – Secondary Legislation 3.1 Regulations 4 3.2 Directives 4 3.3 Decisions 5 3.4 Recommendations‚ Opinions and Resolutions 5 Section 4 Crotty v. An Taoiseach - A Landmark Case. 7 Conclusion 9 Bibliography
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UK constitution COMMON LAW Laws not passed by parliament (traditional laws) - Monarchy - 2012 Changed that it does not have to be the eldest son that takes the crown but eldest child regardless - Sovereignty - Royal Prerogative: the formal powers of the crown. - Traditional Rights and Freedoms: everything is permitted if it is not prohibited. STATUE OF LAW Laws passed by parliament that affect the political system • Made by Parliament. • Primary Legislation/Acts of Parliament.
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In April 1588 a massive invasion fleet or Armada sailed from the port of Lisbon. It was made up of 130 ships fitted with 2‚500 guns. They carried 30‚000 soldiers and sailors. And with the leaders Queen Elizabeth 1st for the English and King Phillip 2nd. And the lord high admirals Sir Francis Drake for England and Duke of Meding Sidonia. The armada started for many reasons like the piracy‚ death of Mary Queen of Scots‚ religion‚ refusal of marriage‚ Dutch revolt and the French civil war. But even
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place a year earlier in 1942 in Paris‚ France. Victor Laslow‚ an anti-Nazi who has recently escaped from a concentration camp and his wife‚ the beautiful Ilsa Lund (or Laslow) come to Casablanca in search of letters of transit so they can fly to Lisbon and eventually to America. Meanwhile‚ Richard Blaine the owner of the popular “Rick’s Café Américain” and the man who Ilsa had an affair with the previous year‚ has acquired the valuable letters of transit. Victor and Ilsa learn that the man‚ Ugate
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The Evolution of the European Council as a major institution of the European Union Pre History How did the formation emerge? The reasons behind the creation of the European Council emerged through the inclination that society seemed to be failing to cope with existing and forthcoming challenges that communities were being presented with. Europe didn’t have an institution which was capable of providing dominance and leadership on decision making. The European council provided an evolution of power
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What is heroism? Heroism is typically described with qualities such as courage‚ bravery‚ fortitude‚ unselfishness‚ or someone who has achieved some fantastic goal or status‚ or even someone who has accomplished a great task. Heroism consists of always striving to do what is right‚ rather than what is pleasant‚ or convenient‚ or what everyone else is doing. In the stories "Candide" and "The Love Suicides at Amijima‚" it is proved that almost anyone can be a hero. This is established when people of
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. for‚ after all‚ I am a philosopher; and it would not become me to retract my sentiments." He is convinced that Jacques drowned in the Bay of Lisbon because “(it) had been formed expressly for the Anabaptist to drown in”‚ that syphilis was something indispensable in the best of worlds‚ a necessary ingredient; for‚ if Columbus in an island of America had not caught this disease . . . we should
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The Brazilian Independence Movement During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries‚ many Latin American countries went through a time of enlightenment which lead them to independence. One of these movements was the Brazilian independence movement. The Brazilian independence movement was one of the most peacefully-accomplished revolutions in Latin America. In this essay‚ the underlying and the direct causes to Brazil ’s movement‚ the outcome of the movement‚ the successes and failures of the movement
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optimism‚ war‚ and religion: what he considered to be the ills of the world. His primary purpose in writing Candide was to oppose the philosophical theory of optimism. This anger towards optimism primarily arose as a consequence of the 1755 earthquake in Lisbon. He felt a deep compassion for the thousands of victims of the earthquake and did not believe the optimists’ explanation that “everything happens for the best of all possible worlds” was sufficient. In addition‚ he began to seriously question the
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