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  • 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 […]

  • Fuel Tax

    Hierarchical Display of Fuel tax Finance > Taxation > Tax on consumptionEnergy > Oil industry > Petrochemicals > Petroleum product > Motor fuelTransport > Transport policy > Transport price Fuel tax Concept of Fuel tax See the dictionary definition of Fuel tax. Characteristics of Fuel […]

  • 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 […]

  • Political Reform

    Political Reform in Election Law Set of measures applied to review laws governing the political environment and political action and, by extension, reform the political institutions which are based upon these laws. Resources See Also Election Law Electoral Laws Electoral Legislation

  • Architecture

    Gothic Revival Architecture and Law Court Buildings G.E. Street, who was a pupil of Scott, was a greater enthusiast for medieval architecture (which, with him, as with Pugin, included medieval religion) than even Scott, and an architect of greater force and individuality. He was especially […]

  • Consumption

    Hierarchical Display of Consumption Trade > ConsumptionEconomics > National accounts > Income > Purchasing powerEconomics > National accounts > Income > Standard of livingEnergy > Energy policy > Energy policy > Energy audit > Energy consumptionFinance > Financial institutions […]

  • Consumption

    Hierarchical Display of Consumption Trade > ConsumptionEconomics > National accounts > Income > Purchasing powerEconomics > National accounts > Income > Standard of livingEnergy > Energy policy > Energy policy > Energy audit > Energy consumptionFinance > Financial institutions […]

  • Air Transport

    Resources See Also International Organization Foreign Relations Intergovernmental Organization Regional Organization Regional Integration

  • Air Transport

    Resources See Also International Organization Foreign Relations Intergovernmental Organization Regional Organization Regional Integration

  • Structural Funds

    Meaning of Structural funds Here is a very short concept of structural funds in the European Union framework: The collective name given to four (or perhaps more properly five) funds set up to assist underdeveloped, declining or economically stagnant regions of the EU The European Regional […]

  • Structural Funds

    Meaning of Structural funds Here is a very short concept of structural funds in the European Union framework: The collective name given to four (or perhaps more properly five) funds set up to assist underdeveloped, declining or economically stagnant regions of the EU The European Regional […]

  • Economic Policy

    Concept of Economic Policy Note: explore also the meaning of this legal term in the American Ecyclopedia of Law. Resources See Also Political Economy Public Policy Resources See Also Social Policy Social Development Sociology Public Policy Social Law

  • Sustainable Development

    Definition and Origins Sustainability and sustainable development were initially defined and promulgated in a report of the World Commission on Environment and Development, "Our Common Future" (1987). This report said (page 43) that sustainable development "is development that […]

  • Maritime Transport

    Hierarchical Display of Maritime transport Transport > Transport policy > Transport price > Transport > Transport policy > Transport price > Transportation tariff > Freight rate > Cif priceEnergy > Oil industry > Petrochemicals > Petroleum product > Motor fuel > Marine […]

  • Speciesism

    Historically there have been two major routes for defending animal experimentation: deontological and utilitarian. Deontological arguments attempt to identify a fundamental difference between humans and non-human animals which morally justifies a difference in treatment. The previous argument does not directly challenge the claim that humans and non-human animals are relevantly different. However, the dilemma does…