monarch‚ at the moment Queen Elizabeth II who succeeded to the throne in 1952‚ is the head of state. It is different from Vietnam‚ the government of which takes place in a framework of a single-party socialist republic‚ a country headed by a president. The incumbent state president of Socialist Republic of Vietnam is Nguyen Minh Triet‚ who was elected by the National Assembly of Vietnam in 2006. In spite of playing the roles as heads of state of two different governments‚ Britain’s Queen and Vietnam’s President
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against the Curiatii‚ as its focal point‚ David’s painting uses myth and legend from the ancient world in combination with his visual style to make an argument for the Republic before the French Revolution. The Horatii risk their lives (and two of the brothers die) in order to fight for the safety and continuation of the Roman Republic: a theme that champions the public over the private interest. David’s genius is twofold: his masterful composition techniques are intricately bound with his use of
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Notes on the Early Republic Along w period of political democracy was the 2nd party system‚ 1st was Federalists and Jeffersonian Democratic Republicans‚ the new were the Whigs and the Jacksonian Democrats 1830’s‚ foundation for modern day democrats The federalists became the Whigs govt has an active role in promoting freedom govt programs in economy to secure freedom this is referred to as the American System by Henry Clay he was for tariffs‚ Jeffersonian Republicans become the Democrats believe
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REPUBLIC ACT No. 4200 AN ACT TO PROHIBIT AND PENALIZE WIRE TAPPING AND OTHER RELATED VIOLATIONS OF THE PRIVACY OF COMMUNICATION‚ AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person‚ not being authorized by all the parties to any private communication or spoken word‚ to tap any wire or cable‚ or by using any other device or arrangement‚ to secretly overhear‚ intercept‚ or record such communication or spoken word by using a device commonly known as a dictaphone or dictagraph or
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Paine VS Chalmers Thomas Paine and James Chalmers were two men with different ideas and different social-political backgrounds. Chalmers was an American Landowner in Maryland while Paine was an Englishman who arrived from England to Pennsylvania with one purpose in mind: dissolving the English Monarchy in the English Colonies in America. Even though these two characters were established in America‚ their ideas concerning Democracy and Monarchy were different. Paine was in favor of the abolition
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Revolution Question #3: Identify the major social groups in France on the eve of the 1789 Revolution. Assess the extent to which their aspirations were achieved in the period from the meeting of the Estates-General (May 1789) to the declaration of the republic. (September 1792). During the time of the French Revolution there were three major social groups. The first estate consisted of the clergy‚ the second estate consisted of the nobility‚ and the third estate consisted of the bourgeoisie‚ the sans-culottes
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Textual Analysis I will discuss the extract 557a to 561e from Book VIII of the Republic by Plato‚ arguing that although the points laid out are logical and at least party valid‚ the overall argument‚ that the order of the city takes precedence over the freedom or perhaps even the happiness of the people is still in question. This extract specifically looks at Democracy‚ however in order to analyse this I will first explain its place in the broader argument. Book VIII‚ following the description
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ideological opposites‚ personally I find there to be a lot more similarities between Plato and Machiavelli than usually acknowledged. Obviously there are some sharp contrasts. If one examines the excerpts from Machiavelli’s “The Prince” and Plato’s “The Republic”‚ it’s easy to conclude that Plato believed it to be essential for a government leader to be just‚ good‚ and free from corruption. Whereas Machiavelli’s ideal ruler is less concerned about morality‚ and more about shrewdness‚ awareness‚ and pragmatism
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two topics. Problem 1: There are a number of websites devoted to the republic issue. Sites such as that of the Australian Republican Movement (www.republic.org.au) support Australia becoming a republic‚ and sites such as that of Australians for a Constitutional Monarchy (www.norepublic.com.au) oppose such a move. Read these and other such websites and prepare a balanced answer to the question: Should Australia become a republic? Problem 2: In 1998 the Federal Parliament appointed a special committee
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Democracy has become the most widespread political form of government during the past decade‚ after the fall of all its alternatives. During the second part of the 20th century‚ the 3 main enemies of democracy‚ namely communism‚ fascism and Nazism‚ lost most of their power and influence. However‚ democracy is still only to be found in less than half of this world’s countries. China with a fifth of the total population "had never experienced a democratic government" and Russia still doesn’t have a
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