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    The Monroe Doctrine is the most important policy during this time. It stated the further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South American would be viewed as acts of aggression requiring U.S. intervention. This policies primary objective was to free the newly independent colonies of Latin America from European intervention and to control what would make this New World a battle ground. The doctrine put forward that the New World and the Old World were

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    gaining power and the Fascist belief in absolute control by one supreme leader. After World War I‚ Italy was upset that they didn’t get the land they were promised and Germany was angered by the reparations that they faced. In Benito Mussolini’s The Doctrine of Fascism he wrote‚ “The Italian people will rise again to create a new Roman Empire‚ and once again the Italian people will lead the world.” Hitler hoped to develop an Aryan racial state that would dominate Europe and the rest of the world (Spielvogel

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    STRICTLY PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL Nigerian Upstream Oil & Gas Transaction Multiples A range of factors influence valuation metrics on a boe basis‚ including maturity‚ scale‚ off-take and local issues Precedent transactions in Nigeria average US$5.8 per 2P boe Offshore transactions have commanded a premium over onshore On-going Shell divestment process will provide a number of further benchmarks (US$ per 2P boe) $9.0 Announced Date Asset/Target Value (US$ MM) Acquired Stake (%) Acquirer Description

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    President James Monroe outline what is now known as the Monroe Doctrine in a speech to congress in 1828. The President warned European nations not to interfere in the affairs of America’s neighbors the nations of the Western Hemisphere. Monroe was responding to European threats to aid Spain in regaining its former Latin American colonies. By 1822 Argentina‚ Colombia‚ and Mexico had revolted and declared their independence.(1)Originally‚ the doctrine had been intended to support weak Latin American countries

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    The Monroe Doctrine can be considered as the United States first major declaration to the world as a fairly new nation. The Monroe Doctrine was a statement of United States policy on the activity and rights of powers in the Western Hemisphere during the early to mid 1800?s. It was expressed during President Monroe ’s seventh annual message to Congress on December 2nd 1823. The Monroe Doctrine deterred European imperialist powers from encroaching upon the boundaries of the United States and established

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    berlin wall‚ the Truman doctrine‚ the Marshall plan‚ and the space race. Everything is more important or more helpful than something else. The Truman doctrine had the US help countries fight off communism and stay communist-free. The Marshall plan was like the “other half” of the Truman doctrine‚ meaning the US would provide financial aid to countries to help avoid communism. The space race was simply the US trying to outdo Russia after being out done. The Truman doctrine was a real key component

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    The doctrine of covering the field is a doctrine in constitutional theory that applies in federal constitutions where legislative powers are shared between the federal government and the federating states in Enumerated Lists. It applies only to legislative acts (statutes) made by the federal and state legislatures under the Concurrent Legislative List. In the US‚ the expression‚ covering the same ground‚ was used in Houston v Moore 18 US 1 (1820). The doctrine simply means that where there is a

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    Assignment 1: Employment-At-Will Doctrine LaToiya Beidleman Professor Augustine Weekley LEG 500 February 1‚ 2014 Assignment 1: Employment-At-Will Doctrine In the late Nineteenth century‚ the majority of the United States implemented the employment-at-will policy. This common law was established to provide equal rights to the employee and the employer when it comes to terminating a position without prior notice. In many cases‚ employees are not hired based on contracts which give

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    Precedent and Stare decisis in Hong Kong: The Case of Transgenders Introduction The doctrines of “precedent” and “stare decisis” have been pillars of Western Law that have withstood the test of time. They have been especially important in upholding the “Rule of Law” based on the tenets of predictability‚ expectations and stability‚ which are all important in a society based on norms and codes. Yet these legal concepts of precedent and “stare decisis” have been condemned for stifling the progress

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    The Truman Doctrine was announced to the world on March 12‚ 1947. War had destroyed Europe‚ as well as other parts of the world for six years. At the conclusion of war the United States had become the leading “democratic” and “free enterprise” country of the world. The threat of the spread of “communism” from the Soviet Union who threatening the democratic freedom of which the United States had long cherished. President Harry Truman presented the “Truman Doctrine” before a joint session of Congress

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