Some characteristics of a modern nation state are centralization of power‚ strong monarchs‚ and national identity and loyalty. It is based on the idea that the state can treat large numbers of people equally by efficient application of the law through the bureaucratic machinery of the state. (Nation state)An example of a nation is the Kurds. The Kurds‚ who are about 25 million‚ are the largest ethnicity in the world without a state of its own. Kurds now live in parts of Turkey‚ Syria‚ Iraq‚ Iran
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On September 17th‚ 1787‚ over two hundred years ago‚ the greatest document ever drafted was signed into law‚ and became the United States Constitution. The Constitution is the document that establishes the modern government of the United States‚ and describes which powers this government possesses‚ and which it does not. The authors of this document were the fathers of the United States‚ educated men‚ who wrote and were inspired by many different influences. The authors got ideas from many different
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Declaration of Principles and State Policies ARTICLE II DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES AND STATE POLICIES (1987 Philippine Constitution) Principles Section 1. The Philippines is a democratic and republican State. Sovereignty resides in the people and all government authority emanates from them. Section 2. The Philippines renounces war as an instrument of national policy‚ adopts the generally accepted principles of international law as part of the law of the land and adheres to the policy
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European Communities Act of 1972 (by which the UK joined the EEC) and the Human Rights Act of 1999 (which enshrined key rights into UK law) Statute Law is the most important source of the UK constitution as‚ under the doctrine of Parliamentary Sovereignty‚ the UK Parliament is the supreme law-making body. Common Law: This is law that has been developed and applied by UK courts. Where there is no clear statute law‚ the courts have to interpret and clarify the law. As no law is so precise that it
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The Founding Fathers had an idea to set an example for the future of their country. The Declaration of Independence sets forth the Founders’ beliefs about the purposes of government‚ why the colonies should rebel against Great Britain‚ the complaints against the British king‚ and statements that the relationship between Great Britain and the colonies is demolished. The document also gives us reasons why the Declaration give for independence‚ such as that all men are created equal‚ all men are given
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Bibliography: Case Concerning Sovereignty over Pulau Ligitan and Pulau Sipadan (Indonesia/Malaysia) (2002) ICJ Rep 625 Maritime Delamination and Territorial Question (Bahrain and Qatar) (1994) ICJ Rep 112 Sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Putteh‚ Middle Rocks and South Ledge (Malaysia/Singapore). 2008 General List No 130 The Dogger Bank Case (Great Britain v Treaty
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compromise with the Southerners in order to keep the nation united. Partitions: The anti-slavery activists tried to solve the problem through "moral persuasion"‚ through laws to contain the spread of slavery‚ or even through the idea of popular sovereignty to
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Constitution BSIT II. Article I - National Territory SECTION 1. The national territory comprises the Philippine archipelago‚ with all the islands and waters embraced therein‚ and all other territories over which the Philippines has sovereignty or jurisdiction‚ consisting of its terrestrial‚ fluvial‚ and aerial domains‚ including its territorial sea‚ the seabed‚ the subsoil‚ the insular shelves‚ and the other submarine areas. The waters around‚ between‚ and connecting the islands of the
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hotly contested between Japan‚ Taiwan and China. For simplicity sake‚ this paper will disregard the political uncertainty between Taiwan and China‚ and consider Taiwan as a Chinese entity. Japan claims that those islands have been under Japanese sovereignty since 1895‚ when the islands were annexed into Japanese territory after finding them to be terra nullius. China claims to have acquired those islands through discovery and historical use since 1372‚ but ceded those islands to Japan in 1895 under
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JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU on THE SOCIAL CONTRACT An Analyses Paper In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of Philosophy 4: Socio-Political Philosophy; for the Second Semester of the School Year 2013 Saint Louis University Submitted by: ALLAYANS‚ Jy-ar ABRIL‚ Jover ADA-OL‚ Zhareth BAUCAS‚ Stephanie L. NADIAHAN‚ Maureen WACDAGAN‚ Jona MACEDA‚ Janet NANGLEDAN‚ Rescilyn POCOPIO‚ Maydee CORPUZ‚ Anne Bernadette Submitted to: MR. DON G. DE GUZMAN Faculty/ Instructor Department
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