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  • Low Income

    Resources See Also Income Distribution Bankruptcy Inequality

  • Standard of Living

    Standard of Living (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Standard of Living means: integrated index of socio-economic development, measured by aggregate data such as real per capita income, poverty rate, access to health care, the uneven growth of incomes, standards of education, […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Income

    Income or Consumption, Shares of Income (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Income or Consumption, Shares of Income means: the shares of consumption accruing to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles, based on national household surveys covering various years. […]

  • 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 […]

  • Compliance with International Law

    Compliance With International Law Resources See Also Foregin Policy Foreign Affairs International Relations Further Reading Abbott, K., & Snidal, D. (2000). Hard and soft law in international governance. International Organization, 54(3), 421–456. Agon, S. (2016). Is compliance the name of the effectiveness game? Goal-shifting and the dynamics of judicial effectiveness at the WTO. World Trade…

  • Distributive Justice

    Distributive Justice International or Global Distributive Justice Resources See Also Foreign Policy Foreign Affairs International Relations Further Reading Abizadeh, A. (2007). Cooperation, pervasive impact, and coercion: On the scope (not site) of distributive justice. Philosophy & Public Affairs, 35(4), 318–358. Abizadeh, A., & Gilabert, P. (2008). Is there a genuine tension between cosmopolitan egalitarianism and…

  • ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE

    ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE (1805-1859) French social theorist and politician; the outstanding classical interpreter of religion’s role in modern American democracy and prerevolutionary France. The son of an aristocratic and monarchist family, Tocqueville’s travels in America, England, and Ireland led him to a reformist political stance in support of democratic institutions. Before traveling to America and…

  • Sovereign Debt Litigation

    Sovereign Debt Litigation Further Reading Adams P (1991) Odious debts. Corruption and the third world environmental legacy. Earthscan, London/TorontoGoogle Scholar Ago R (1991) “Binding” advisory opinions of the International Court of Justice. AJIL 85:439–451Google Scholar Akehurst M (1972–1973) Jurisdiction in international law. BYIL 46:145–257Google Scholar Alagherii Dantis (MCMXX) De Monarchia (first published 1559). In aedibus…

  • Postcolonialism

    Postcolonialism Resources See Also Further Reading Acharya, A. (2011). Dialogue and discovery: In search of international relations theories beyond the West. Millennium—Journal of International Studies, 39(3), 619–637. Acharya, A., & Buzan, B. (2010). Non-Western international relations theory: Perspectives on and beyond Asia. London: Routledge. Aching, G. (2011). On colonial modernity: Civilization versus sovereignty in Cuba,…

  • Sex Discrimination

    The Legal History of Sex Discrimination This section provides an overview of Sex Discrimination. Summary of the First articles of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women The articles of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination […]

  • Sex Discrimination

    The Legal History of Sex Discrimination This section provides an overview of Sex Discrimination. Summary of the First articles of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women The articles of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination […]

  • Morality

    Related Work and Conclusions Resources See Also References (Papers) The Effects Of Employment On Recidivism Among Delinquent Juveniles, Leigh Kassem, Aug 2017 You Are Now Entering The School Zone, Proceed With Caution: Educators, Arbitration, & Children'S Rights, Raquel Muniz, Aug 2017 […]

  • Magna Carta

    Legal Materials Pictures and translations of the Magna Carta are posted on the Internet by the National Archives and Records Administration and the British Library. You'll find a print copy in the American Jurisprudence 2d Deskbook. Abstract The Magna Carta (literally, the […]