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Foreign Investment
THE ROLE IN THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT OF: The World Bank Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID); The Convention establishing the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency; and Bilateral Investment Protection Agreements (IPPAs). (London, 1994) The […]
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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 […]
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Comparative Law
Comparative law may be defined as the study of the similarities and differences between the laws or legal rules of two or more countries, or between two or more legal systems (i.e. the study of legal systems and laws in different countries). It is not a body of rules and principle. It is a […]
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Police
Introduction to Police Police, agency of a community or government that is responsible for maintaining public order and preventing and detecting crime. The basic police mission-preserving order by enforcing rules of conduct or laws-was the same in ancient societies as it is in sophisticated […]
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Police
Introduction to Police Police, agency of a community or government that is responsible for maintaining public order and preventing and detecting crime. The basic police mission-preserving order by enforcing rules of conduct or laws-was the same in ancient societies as it is in sophisticated […]
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Commercial Arbitration
In the U.S., commercial arbitration is used most often in the construction, garment, and textile industries; in cases involving insurance and negligence; in maritime disputes; and in controversies involving members of stock and commodity exchanges. All but six states have adopted modern […]
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Commercial Arbitration
In the U.S., commercial arbitration is used most often in the construction, garment, and textile industries; in cases involving insurance and negligence; in maritime disputes; and in controversies involving members of stock and commodity exchanges. All but six states have adopted modern […]
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Free Trade Area
Summary of Free Trade Area An association of states that seeks to overcome impediments to trade among members by reducing or eliminating tariffs among the participants. The members of a free trade area do not maintain a common external tariff nor do they (usually) provide for the free flow […]
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European Economic Area
European Economic Area and the Treaties of the European Union Description of European Economic Area provided by the European Union Commission: Agreement Between the Community, and three Member States of the European Free Trade Area (EFTA)(not Switzerland) entered into force on 1 January 2004 […]
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European Economic Area
European Economic Area and the Treaties of the European Union Description of European Economic Area provided by the European Union Commission: Agreement Between the Community, and three Member States of the European Free Trade Area (EFTA)(not Switzerland) entered into force on 1 January 2004 […]
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European Community
European Community (EC) in relation with International Trade In the context of trade organizations, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following definition of European Community (EC): (Previously known as the European Economic Community, or EEC; the term "European Communities" […]
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German Concentration Camp System
German Concentration Camp System German authorities under National Socialism established a variety of detention facilities to confine those whom they defined as political, ideological, or racial opponents of the regime. In time their extensive camp system came to include concentration camps, where persons were incarcerated without observation of the standard norms applying to arrest and…
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Inter-Organizational Relations
Inter-Organizational Relations Researchers began to engage in the study of inter-organizational relations later than their colleagues in neighboring disciplines such as sociology and economics. A further consolidation of the study of inter-organizational relations is expected to be achieved, including for the broader philosophical or socio-theoretical assumptions and for the political and societal implications of these…