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1. Deprivation Deprivation (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Deprivation means: loss of economic fundamentals (food, shelter, etc.), social (health, education, etc.) and other benefits....
2. Contraceptive Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Contraceptive Prevalence Rate means: the percentage of women of reproductive age (15 - 49 years) who are using, or whose partners are using, any form of contraception, whether modern or traditional. Resources See [...]...
3. Adult Adult Illiteracy Rate (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Adult Illiteracy Rate means: _alculated as 100 minus the adult literacy rate. Mortality Rate, Adult (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Mortality Rate, Adult means: probability per 1,000 that a 15-year-old [...]...
4. Labour Force Participation Labour Force Participation (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Labour Force Participation means: the percentage of the working-age population (ages 15 — 64) that actively engages in the labour market, by either working or actively looking for work.....
5. Relative Poverty Relative Poverty (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Poverty (Relative) means: supposes a certain percentage of poor individuals or households (for example, 10%, 20%, 30%, etc.) or the binding of poverty to the middle, or median income in the country....
6. Economic Growth Futureless Economic Growth (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Futureless Economic Growth means: Futureless growth that is accompanied by a waste of economic and natural resources needed to sustain life for future generations. Ruthless Economic Growth (in the Human Development [...]...
7. Access to Health Care Access to Health Care (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Access to Health Care means: percentage of the population that can reach appropriate local health facility on foot or by local means of transport within an hour....
8. Infant Mortality Rate, Infant (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Mortality Rate, Infant means: probability of dying between birth and exactly age 1, expressed per 1,000 live births. Resources See Also Educational Attainment Educational Level Secondary Education Tertiary Education...
9. Development Assistance Official Development Assistance (oda) to Basic Social Services (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Official Development Assistance (oda) to Basic Social Services means: ODA directed to basic social services, which include basic education (primary education, early childhood [...]...
10. Children Legitimacy of Children Introduction to Children Legitimacy of Children, being born of legally married parents." (1) The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act and the Electronic Commerce The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act in the Online Business Law Children Reaching [...]...
11. Population Medium-variant Population Projection (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Medium-variant Population Projection means: _opulation projections by the United Nations Population Fund assuming medium-fertility path, normal mortality and normal international migration. Each assumption [...]...
12. Health Indicator Health Indicator (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Health Indicator means: a health indicator is a characteristic of an individual, population, or environment which is measured (directly or indirectly) and could be used to describe one or more aspects of the health based on [...]...
13. Voiceless Growth Economic Growth, Voiceless Growth (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Economic Growth, Voiceless Growth means: Economic growth that is not accompanied by expansion of democracy and empowerment....
14. Basic Needs Summary of Basic Needs A code word for official development ASSISTANCE (read this legal term for further details) programs aimed toward the improvement of health care, education, nutrition, and like fundamental services in poorer nations. The basic needs concept has been criticized by some [...]...
15. Fertility Fertility (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Fertility means: a woman's reproductive ability, ie the ability of women to bear children in the physiological period, called the fertile age. In demographic statistics taken from the fertile age 15 to 49 years. Total Fertility [...]...
16. Water Source Population Not Using Improved Water Source (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Population Not Using Improved Water Source means: _alculated as 100 minus the percentage of the population using an improved water source. Unimproved sources include vendors, bottled water, tanker [...]...
17. Growth Futureless Growth (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Futureless Growth means: growth that is accompanied by a waste of economic and natural resources needed to sustain life for future generations....
18. Absolute Poverty Absolute Poverty (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Absolute Poverty means: number of persons or households whose level of consumption or income below the poverty line....
19. Development Development Research, Development Theories Further Reading A concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including Development, H Volger, KA Annan -2010) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG Weiss - 2007) International Law: A Dictionary (including Development, Boczek, Boleslaw Adam [...]...
20. Literacy Rate, Youth Youth Literacy Rate (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Youth Literacy Rate means: the percentage of people aged 15 — 24 years who can, with understanding, both read and write a short, simple statement related to their everyday life....
21. Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Unemployment Rate means: the unemployed divided by the labour force (those employed plus the unemployed)....
22. IMF The International Monetary Fund, abbreviated as IMF, is an international organisation, at present counting 188 member countries, with the mission to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic [...]...
23. Health Expenditure Health Expenditure Per Capita (ppp Us$) (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Health Expenditure Per Capita (ppp Us$) means: the sum of public and private expenditure (in purchasing power parity terms in US dollars), divided by the mid-year population. Health expenditure includes [...]...
24. Microfinance Microfinance (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Microfinance means: the complex of financial products for low-income part of population aimed at facilitating their involvement into economic activity. This section provides an overview of microfinance within the legal context of [...]...
25. Health Promotion Health Promotion (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Health Promotion means: health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health. Health promotion represents a comprehensive social and political process, it not only embraces [...]...
26. Concept of Human Development Major Components _f the Concept of Human Development (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Major Components _f the Concept of Human Development means: Efficiency. People must be productive agents of the economy so that they possess the economic means to broaden their choices. [...]...
27. Electrification Electrification Rates (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Electrification Rates means: indicate the number of people with electricity access as a percentage of the total population....
28. Capabilityies Capability(ies) Approach (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Capability(ies) Approach means: philosophical foundations of human development translated in policies that promote human rights, disability, health, growth and democratic practice, and the position of disadvantaged [...]...
29. Health System Health System (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Health System means: _onsists of all actors, institutions and resources that undertake health activities whose primary purpose is to promote, restore or maintain health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being. [...]...
30. Health Determinants Determinants of Health (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Determinants of Health means: the range of personal, social, economic and environmental factors which determine the health status of individuals or populations....
31. Urban Population Urban Population (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Urban Population means: refers to the de facto population living in areas classified as urban according to the criteria used by each area or country. Data refer to 1 July of the year indicated. See Population, total. Resources [...]...
32. Density Physical Density (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Physical Density means: number of medical doctors (physicians), including generalist and specialist medical practitioners, expressed per 10,000 people....
33. Human Expenditure Human Expenditure Ratio (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Human Expenditure Ratio means: the percentage of national income devoted to human priority concerns....
34. Informal Sector Informal Sector (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Informal Sector means: the informal sector, as defined by the International Expert Group on Informal Sector Statistics (the Delhi Group) includes private unincorporated enterprises (excluding quasi-corporations), which produce at [...]...
35. Adolescent Adolescent Fertility Rate (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Adolescent Fertility Rate means: number of births to woman ages 15-19, expressed per 1.000 women of the same age. Adolescents' Food Communication in Social Media - a Theoretical Inquiry of the Why and How, the Law [...]...
36. Birth Life Expectancy at Birth (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Life Expectancy at Birth means: number of years a newborn infant could expect to live if prevailing patterns of age-specific mortality rates at the time of birth were to stay the same throughout the infant's life....
37. Psychological Health Psychological Health (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Psychological Health means: is characterized with the level and quality of thinking, development of attention and memory, level of an emotional stability and advancing of volitional qualities....
38. Monetary Affairs Law and Economics in Monetary Affairs in International Economic Law In international economic law, law and economics in monetary affairs includes the following legal areas, with coverage in this world legal encyclopedia: li> Allocation of Powers and Jurisdiction in Monetary Law The Role of [...]...
39. Monetary Regulation Monetary and Financial Regulation This section provides an overview of monetary and financial regulation within the legal context of Monetary and Financial Regulation in international economic law (Main Regulatory Areas)....
40. Carbon Carbon Intensity of Growth (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Carbon Intensity of Growth means: Also known as the carbon intensity of the economy, refers to the amount of carbon dioxide generated by every dollar of growth in the world economy. It is the ratio of emitted CO2 to [...]...
41. Ecological Health Ecological Health Indicators (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Ecological Health Indicators means: _nvironment state, for example quality of water, air and the earth, pollution level et al....
42. Human Capital Summary of Human Capital An enrichment of the productive capacity of labor by means of specialized training and education.(Main Author: William J. Miller) Human Capital (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Human Capital means: is formed from investments in human [...]...
43. Degradation Degradation (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Degradation means: is a quantitative or qualitative deviation of something from its former state. The term is applicable to the components of the ecosystem (eg. D. of forest, D. of animal population of some areas), water bodies (eg, [...]...
44. Demografy Model of Demografic Transition (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Model of Demografic Transition means: is an empirical description of the dynamics of demographic change on the basis of fertility and mortality rates that occur as countries develop from pre-industrial to [...]...
45. Epidemiology Epidemiology (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Epidemiology means: _pidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of health-states or events in specified populations, and the application of this study to the control of health problems. Social epidemiology has [...]...
46. Health Expenditure, Private Private Health Expenditure (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Private Health Expenditure means: direct household (out of pocket) spending, private insurance, spending by nonprofit institutions serving households and direct service payments by private corporations. Together with [...]...
47. World Bank World Bank and the World Bank Group Further Reading A concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including World Bank , H Volger, KA Annan -2010) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG Weiss - 2007) International Law: A Dictionary (including World Bank , Boczek, Boleslaw Adam -2005) [...]...
48. Tertiary Schools Enrolment Ratio, Gross Combined, For Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Schools (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Enrolment Ratio, Gross Combined, For Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Schools means: the number of students enrolled in primary, secondary and tertiary levels of [...]...
49. Poor Hipc Decision Point (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Poor means: the date at which a heavily indebted poor country (HIPC) with an established track record of good performance under adjustment programmes supported by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank commits, [...]...
50. Vulnerable Employment Vulnerable Employment (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Vulnerable Employment means: percentage of employed people engaged as unpaid family workers and own —account workers....
51. Schooling Expected Years of Schooling (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Expected Years of Schooling means: number of years of schooling that a child of school entrance age can expect to receive if prevailing patterns of age — specific enrolment rates were to stay the same throughout [...]...
52. Priority Priority Date in E.U. Patent SystemThe initial date of filing of a patent application, normally in the applicant's domestic patent office. This date is used to help determine the novelty of an invention....
53. Demographic Statistics Demographic Statistics (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Demographic Statistics means: area of socio-economic statistics dealing with the application of statistical methods for data collection, processing, presentation and analysis of data on the size, composition, distribution [...]...
54. Dependency Ratio Dependency Ratio (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Dependency Ratio means: ratio of the population ages 0-14 and ages 65 and older to the working - age population (ages 15-64), expressed as dependants per 100 people ages 15-64....
55. Women Women and the United Nations This general section provides an overview of the relationship of Women and the United Nations (UN). See, for example, the entry about the United Nations Development Fund For Women. The Legal History of Women This general section provides an overview of Women in [...]...
56. Right to Health This section provides an overview of right to health within the legal context of International Economic Law and Human Rights in international economic law (Cross-Cutting Challenges). Resources Further Reading Tania Voon, "Right to Health," Elgar Encyclopedia of International [...]...
57. Natural Resources Minerals Environment and Natural Resources Includes Acid Rain, Air Quality, Coal, Conservation, Energy, Fisheries, Forests, Hazardous Waste, Land Use, Resources, Oceanography, Oil Spills, Parks, Pesticides, Petroleum, Pollution, Recreation, Rivers, Solar Energy, Toxic Substances, Trails, [...]...
58. Social Allocation Ratio Social Allocation Ratio (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Social Allocation Ratio means: the percentage of public expenditure earmarked for social services....
59. Monetary Compensatory Amounts Settlements between member states of the European Economic Community to reflect the market rate of currencies used in agricultural transactions and the periodically revised Green Rate (read this and related legal terms for f......
60. Women's Health Women's Health in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On September 14, 2011, Ambassador Donahoe delivered a statement at a Human Rights Council side event on applying a human rights-based approach [...]...
61. Fiscal Freedom Contents Fiscal Freedom Introduction Fiscal Freedom: How Tax Burden Affects Economic Freedom Fiscal Freedom is one of the components in ... Read more...
62. Monetary Institutions Monetary Institutions in International Economic Law In international economic law, monetary institutions includes the following legal areas, with coverage in this world legal encyclopedia: li> International Monetary Fund (IMF) Central Banks Bank of International Settlements (BIS) [...]...
63. Poverty Assessments Ppa (participatory Poverty Assessments) (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Ppa (participatory Poverty Assessments) means: _ method of using participatory research methodologies to capture qualitative dimensions of poverty, such as people's perceptions of powerlessness and [...]...
64. Vulnerability Vulnerability (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Vulnerability means: is the threat of deprivation in multiple dimensions that reduce core human capabilities below the threshold. Vulnerability is a human condition or process resulting from physical, social, economic and [...]...
65. Earned Income Earned Income (ppp Us$), Estimated (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Earned Income (ppp Us$), Estimated means: derived on the basis of the ratio of the female nonagricultural wage to the male nonagricultural wage, the female and male shares of the economically active population, [...]...
66. Nonrenewable Resources Nonrenewable Resources (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Resources , Nonrenewable means: the natural resources, which self-restoration proceeds in thousands and million times more slowly than rate of their operation (e.g., soil resources)....
67. Renewable Energy Renewable Source (of Energy) (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Renewable Source (of Energy) means: natural resources, which stocks or recovered more quickly than is used or not depends on whether or not they are used as hydro, solar, wind, geothermal, hydraulic energy, the [...]...
68. Monetary Unit of Account Embracing mainstream international law, this section on monetary unit of account explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources Further Reading The entry "monetary unit of account" in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of [...]...
69. Empowerment Women's Empowerment in Election Law Process by which women gain power and control over their own lives. It involves awareness-raising, self-confidence building, expansion of choices, increased access to and control over resources and actions to transform the structures and institutions [...]...
70. Health Care Health Care in the CEDAW Article 12: of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) stipulates, in relation to Health Care, that all countries are required to eliminate discrimination in the field of health care. Women should be ensured equal access [...]...
71. Human Development Human Development in United Nations Activities In this context, Human Development means: is the expansion of people's freedoms to live long, healthy and creative lives; to advanceother goals they have reason to value;and to engage actively in shaping development equitably and sustainably [...]...
72. Social Inclusion Social Inclusion (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Social Inclusion means: the European commission defines social inclusion as "a process which ensures that those at risk of poverty and social exclusion gain the opportunities and resources necessary to participate fully in [...]...
73. Urbanization Urbanization (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Urbanization means: refers to a process in which an increasing proportion of an entire population lives in cities and the suburbs of cities. Historically, it has been closely connected with industrialization. Resources See Also [...]...
74. Reproductive Health Reproductive Health (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Reproductive Health means: WHO's definition of health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, reproductive health addresses the reproductive [...]...
75. Base Rate The specific commodity or general class rate applicable to a product in a common carrier's tariff. Various surcharges, fuel adjustments, currency adjustment factors, et cetera, may be imposed on top of the base rate; they are often expressed as a percentage of the base rate.......
76. Composite Index Composite Index (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Composite Index means: _ unit-less number that combines various statistical indicators to convey a larger picture. A composite index is formed when individual indicators are compiled into a single index on the basis of some [...]...
77. Adoption, Licence, Motherhood 1. Adoption 2. Licence 3. Motherhood 4. Surrogate motherhood 5. German University of Cairo (eg) 6. Adult with Capacity (Scotland) ... Read more...
78. Montreal Protocol   Article 1: Definitions For the purposes of this Protocol: 1. "Convention"means the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, adopted on 22 March 1985. 2. "Parties"means, unless the text otherwise indicates, Parties to this Protocol. 3. [...]...
79. Monopoly Summary of Monopoly The condition in which a given product or service can be obtained only from a single supplier that is free to use its market position to exact excessive prices for the product or service it controls. The Sherman Act of 1890 makes monopolies and attempts to monopolize [...]...
80. Monetary Policy Monetary Policy (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Monetary Policy means: the complex of actions aiming to regulate the money supply in a country. By changing banking interest rate, or acting on open securities' market, a government either enlarges or diminishes inflow of [...]...
81. Mortality Maternal Mortality Ratio (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Maternal Mortality Ratio means: the number of female deaths per year due to pregnancy or for reasons connected with childbirth per 100 000 live births. Resources See Also Population Population Planning Population [...]...
82. Migration Migration Definition Migration may be defined as the movement of people, especially of whole groups, from one place, region, or country to another, particularly with the intention of making permanent settlement in a new location. See more definitions about migration in the law dictionary. [...]...
83. Most Seriously Affected A description applied by the United Nations Special Fund to less developed countries whose balances of payments have been "most seriously affected" by the significant increase in the price of oil since 1973. The purpose of the fund is to provide financial assistance to the developing count......
84. Multinational Corporation Multinational Corporation in International Trade Meaning of Multinational Corporation (MNC), according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): A large commercial organization with affiliates operating companies in a number of different countries. A typically one normally [...]...
85. Manufactured Exports Manufactured Exports (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Manufactured Exports means: defined according to the Standard International Trade Classification to include exports of chemicals, basic manufactures, machinery and transport equipment and other miscellaneous manufactured goods....
86. Maternal Mortality Ratio, Maternal Adjusted (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Mortality Ratio, Maternal Adjusted means: _aternal mortality ratio adjusted to account for well-documented problems of under reporting and misclassification of maternal deaths, as well as estimates for [...]...
87. Medicine Antimalarial Measures, Fevers Treated With Antimalarial Drugs (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Medicine means: the percentage of children under age five who were ill with fever in the two weeks before the survey and received antimalarial drugs. Antimalarial Measures, Use of [...]...
88. Morbidity Incidence Morbidity Incidence Rate, Women and Men (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Morbidity Incidence Rate, Women and Men means: the number of illness episodes suffered by all women (or men) aged 15 years and older in a given period expressed as a percentage of all women (or men) aged [...]...
89. Mortality Rate Mortality Rate, Overall (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Mortality Rate, Overall means: is the annual number of deaths per 1,000 population....
90. Mortality Ratio, Maternal Mortality Ratio, Maternal (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Mortality Ratio, Maternal means: the quotient between the number of maternal deaths in a given year and the number of live births in that same year, expressed per 100,000 live births, for a given country, territory, or [...]...
91. Education "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." -- Alvin Toffler See Education links History of Education In the following treatment of this subject, the theory and early history of education is [...]...
92. Montreal Protocol 4 Contents Montreal Protocol   Article 2E; 1,1,1-Trichlorethane (Methyl Chloroform) 1. Each Party shall ensure that for the twelve-month period commencing ... Read more...
93. Montreal Protocol 5 Contents Montreal Protocol Article 2G: Hydrobromofluorocarbons Each Party shall ensure that for the twelve-month period commencing on 1 January 1996, ... Read more...
94. Modern Legal Systems Cyclopedia Modern Legal Systems Cyclopedia The Modern Legal Systems Cyclopedia comprises introductions to the major legal systems in the world, with ... Read more...
95. Moys Classification and Thesaurus for Legal Materials Contents Moys Classification and Thesaurus for Legal Materials The Moys Classification Scheme is a system of library classification for legal ... Read more...
96. Monetary Unit The unit of account established by law in terms of which transactions are expressed. In the United States the monetary unit is the dollar, which, although no longer officially converted into gold, is tied to gold at the rate of $42.22 per fine ounce.......
97. Money Any unit or instrument generally accepted as having value to effect the purchase of goods or services, or to settle debts. All money enjoys three characteristics: (1) it is a unit of account in which values can be measured; (2) it is a medium of exchange; and (3) it is a store of value (i.e., a [...]...
98. Moratorium An official suspension of foreign remittances, including commercial settlements, usually as a result of a chronic negative balance of payments.......
99. Parity In arbitrage usage, an equivalent value for two currencies; for example, the Bermuda dollar enjoys parity with the U.S. dollar (B$l = U.S.SI).......
100. Risk Management Summary of Risk Management The application of management techniques to identify, quantify, and respond to threats of loss or damage to a firm's assets. Such threats may arise from random events such as fire, explosion, theft, and acts of nature, or from the conscious efforts of external [...]...
101. International Atomic Energy Agency International Atomic Energy Agency Outline The IAEA was founded in 1957 as an agency of the UN. It is directly accountable to the General Assembly of the UN. Its main task is to prevent and monitor radiation hazards. Because of the potential abuse of atomic energy, the IAEA works closely with [...]...
102. International Monetary Fund International Monetary Fund Outline The UN Monetary and Financial Conference met in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, United States, from 1 to 20 July 1944. The Bretton Woods Agreement announced the establishment of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the International Bank for [...]...
103. Modern Cities Modern CitiesA notable trend of the 19th and 20th centuries has been the constant growth of urban communities at the expense of rural districts. City populations represent an increasing proportion of the total national populations not only in highly industrialized nations but also in agrari......
104. Age Introduction to Age A perpetrator's youth has long been a defense to criminal charges because children are deemed incapable of making rational decisions for which they should be held accountable. Under the common law, a child under 7 years of age is deemed too young to be criminally [...]...
105. Mortgage Repaying Mortgage Repaying a MortgageIntroduction to Mortgage RepayingMortgage payments consist of two parts: payments for interest and for principal. Interest is the fee for using the lender's money. Principal is the amount of the loan still owed. A portion of each payment pays interes......
106. Employment Employment Law The Legal History of Employment and Labor Law This section provides an overview of Employment and Labor Law Employment in the CEDAW Article 11 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) stipulates, in relation to Employment, that [...]...
107. Mortgage-Backed Obligation (Mbo) Also called mortgage-backed security (MBS) Real Estate meaning of Mortgage-Backed Obligation (Mbo)In the words of the Encyclopedia of Real Estate Terms about Mortgage-Backed Obligation (Mbo): An investment instrument that represents an undivided ownership interest in a group of mortgages. A [...]...
108. Agency The Legal History of Agency This section provides an overview of Agency Agency (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Agency means: what a person is free to do and achieve in pursuit of whatever goals or values he or she regards as important. Description of Agency Introduction This [...]...
109. Health Health The Legal History of Health This section provides an overview of Health Health (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Health means: is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity Most Popular Entries related to [...]...
110. Monopolies The Legal History of MonopoliesThis section provides an overview of Monopolies ResourcesSee AlsoLegal Biography Legal Traditions Historical Laws History of Law Further Reading Monopolies in the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford University Press) The Oxford Encyclopedia [...]...
111. Poverty The Legal History of Poverty This section provides an overview of Poverty Human Poverty Index For Selected High-incomeoecd Countries (hpi-2) (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Human Poverty Index For Selected High-incomeoecd Countries (hpi-2) means: _ composite index measuring [...]...
112. Society The Legal History of Law and Society This section provides an overview of Law and Society Society, Bishop From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Society, Bishop (1): A society may expel a member on due notice and a fair trial. The refusal of the bishop to recognize a [...]...
113. Monograph LAMP in Law LibrariesThe follow definition of LAMP is of use in law library research: Stands for Library Access to Monographs and Periodicals....
114. Moroccan Crisis History of the Moroccan Crisis, 1905 The following commentary about Moroccan Crisis, 1905 in the Churchill Era is produced by the Churchill College (Cambridge): In 1905 Kaiser Wilhelm II visited the Moroccan port of Tangier and denounced French influence in Morocco. The move was probably [...]...
115. Modifications Modifications and the GATT Policy Negotiations In relation to the GATT Policy Negotiations, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following explanation and/or definition of Modifications: Alteration or withdrawal of trade concessions previously made within GATT. Contracting Parties are [...]...
116. Cedaw Signification of General Recommendation As it pertains to Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), general recommendations are detailed commentary on the articles of Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) [...]...
117. Developing Countries Developing Countries in International Trade Meaning of Developing Countries, according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): The developing countries generally lack a high degree of industrialization, infrastructure and other capital investment, sophisticated [...]...
118. Money Laundering Money Laundering in International Trade Meaning of Money Laundering, according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): The process whereby criminal seek to "wash" illicit funds (generally garnered from international terrorism or drug dealing). By moving funds [...]...
119. Money Order Money Order in International Trade Meaning of Money Order, according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): An instrument used to remit money to a named payee, often used by parties who do not hold a current account with a banking institution to pay bills or transfer [...]...
120. Monks Monks, Missions, Title From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Monks, Missions, Title (1): The fact that the monks or priests were at the head of the missions in California when it was acquired by the United States, does not prove that the Catholic Church had universal [...]...