nm PHILIPPINE CLAIM TO THE SPRATLY ISLANDS GROUP* HAYDEE B. YORAC** Introduction The Philippines is a mid-ocean archipelago consisting of more than 7‚100 islands some of which remain unnamed. The islands portion of the archipelago lies along iome 1‚150 miles between the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea. It is separated from Taiwan by the Bashi Channel‚ from Indonesia by the Celebes Sea‚. from North Borneo (Sabah) by narrow passages‚ channels and straits‚ from the Asian mainland by the
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Mahatma Gandhi is considered to be the leading theorist in the history of civil disobediencmovement. The Gandhian concept of civil disobedience and satyagraha is the greatest contributionto mankind in our times. Albert Einstein said‚ “It is my belief that the problem of bringing peaceto the world on a supranational basis will be solved only by employing Gandhi’s method on alarge scale.” Martin Luther King Jr. said‚ “From my background I gained my regulating Christianideals‚ from Gandhi‚ I learned
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moral and ethical views portrayed by the prologues and tales in The Canterbury Tales‚ by Geoffrey Chaucer‚ are still sometimes valid today. People covet sovereignty over their spouse; people desire loyalty above all; and people use religion as a mean of gaining wealth. Primarily‚ the “Wife of Bath’s Tale” reveals that one should have sovereignty over her significant other. The Wife of Bath conspicuously states her
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Wife of Bath’s story‚ she quotes‚ “ My leige and lady‚ in general’‚ said he‚ ‘A woman wants the self same sovereignty over husband as over her lover’”(190‚ Chaucer). Women want the power to control so they could make themselves heard. They seek power‚ but only to defend their rights. The tale reflects the image of the Wife of Bath. Similar other women‚ Wife of Bath desire to have sovereignty over her husband therefore‚ she could be seen
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otherwise act as nation-states.” Tribal sovereignty historically has been undermined by the fact that many tribal assets are held in trust by the U.S. government. The trust relationship has deteriorated the tribes voice by making numerous barriers and giving the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) the final say in contracts. The high number of poor and unemployed American Indians‚ combined with scarce tribal funds to treat these problems‚ has weakened tribal sovereignty and self-sufficiency as tribal governments
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the countries of Colombia‚ a South American Country‚ and Nicaragua. The Treaty of 1928 specified the sovereignty of each country. Nicaragua was granted control over the Mosquito Coast and the Corn Island. On the other hand‚ Colombia was granted power over the Islands of San Andres‚ Providencia and Santa Catalina. In addition‚ the International Court of Justice and Nicaragua recognized sovereignty to Colombia over the maritime feature of the Archipelago of San Andres. However‚ the Intentional Court
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Humanitarian intervention: a liberal perspective The moral legitimacy of states and the limits of sovereignty 1. Introduction According to Slocombe (2003‚ p.117) there is no question that has more preoccupied the discussion of international relations than that of the legitimacy and wisdom of the use of force. Sincere efforts to substitute international institution and diplomacy for military power‚ the costs of multiple terrible wars‚ and even the potential consequences of war fought with nuclear
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within her territorial waters. In a response to the 1979 map‚ Singapore lodged a protest against it on 15 February 1980‚ rejecting Malaysia’s claim and requesting it to recognise Singapore’s sovereignty over Pedra Branca. The note also reiterated that no country has ever questioned or contested Singapore’s sovereignty over the island. Since then‚ there have been a series of bilateral exchanges‚ in the hope of solving the problem of ownership of Pedra Branca. After failing to resolve this problem bilaterally
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Varma College‚ Thrissur. Layout & Settings: Computer Section SDE © Reserved Political Science (Part-I) Page 2 [School of Distance Education] CONTENT PAGE CHAPTER I - POLITICAL SCIENCE 05-16 CHAPTER II – THE STATE 17-23 CHAPTER III - SOVEREIGNTY 24 -28 CHAPTER IV – LAW‚ LIBERTY‚ EQUALITY‚ JUSTICE‚ RIGHTS & DUTIES 29 - 42 CHAPTER V – POLITICAL SYSTEM 43 - 47 CHAPTER VI – MAJOR CONCEPTS IN POLITICAL ANALYSIS 48 - 56 Political Science (Part-I) Page 3 [School of Distance Education]
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2‚ 3‚ 5‚ 9‚ 10) CHAPTER 1 Global Politics- politics that id conducted at a global rather than national. >Globalization- interconnectedness that means that our lives are increasingly shaped by events and etc. >State- sovereignty within territorial borders. >Sovereignty- unquestionable authority. >Authority- right to influence behavior. >Behaviouralism- social theories are constructed based on observable behavior. >State-centrism- state as key actor. >State-system- relationship of
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