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  • The rights of the accused is a class of rights that apply to a person ... Promotion of the rights of the accused sometimes comes into conflict ...
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  • A court-martial (plural courts-martial) is a military court that determines ... Most navies have a standard court-martial which convenes whenever ...
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  • Pugin for Ackermann's Microcosm of London (1808-1811).]] A court is a public forum used to adjudicate disputes and dispense ...
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  • The Geneva Conventions consist of four treaties formulated in Geneva ... The International Court of Justice has ruled that the Convention does ...
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  • every civil rights case before the Supreme Court between 1930 and 1950. Houston ... D.C., just blocks away from the Supreme Court building. His mother, Mary ...
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  • The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg was established ... The scope of the European Court of Human Rights and the legally binding ...
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  • to improve the living and working conditions of working women in Boston. Joining ... In 1886, she joined the Women's Educational and Industrial Union ...
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  • The Law Library of the United States Congress was established in 1832 ... universal access to and the understanding of law serves an important role ...
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  • International Court of Justice, [http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/119/7123 ... a compensation claim at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The ...
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  • Constitutional law is the foundational body of law of nation states ... These foundational or basic laws of states or organizations, guided ...
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  • The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations assists ... *International Court of Justice ==References== * Finer, Herman. The ...
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  • he was deeply affected by the injustice of discrimination and his lifelong ... He taught at American University's Washington College of Law ...
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  • necessary to correctly determine the state of the law. The processes of legal research vary according to the country and ...
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  • The Nuremberg Trials were a series of trials most notable for the ... There was a second set of trials of lesser war criminals that was ...
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  • April 10 1882 – May 14 1965) was Secretary of Labor for the twelve years ... moved to Worcester when she was two years of age. Perkins' father opened ...
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  • ) (born August 15, 1945) was the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from ... During her period in office, the leader of the official opposition ...
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  • from another nation or state the surrender of a suspected or convicted criminal ... However, the basic effort on the part of the majority of countries in ...
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  • writing with reference to the International Court of Justice, says that "The ... *International Court of Justice ==Notes== ==References== ...
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  • was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision establishing that ... choose to deem the act illegal), the role of the Supreme Court in constitutional ...
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  • Watergate is a general term for a series of political scandals, which ... press revealed that this burglary was one of several illegal activities ...
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  • scholar who served as the Solicitor General of the United States from 1973 ... and experience to serve as a Supreme Court justice. Attacks that were ...
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  • and lawyer; as United States Secretary of State in the Truman Administration ... Korea. Such a Soviet-supported invasion of South Korea did occur in June ...
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  • Carta, due process (more fully due process of law) is the principle that ... proceedings, in order for judges instead of legislators to guarantee fundamental ...
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  • Dred Scott v. Sandford,John Vishneski, "What the Court Decided ... " was a lawsuit, pivotal in the history of the United States, decided ...
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  • | order=27th President of the United States | date1=March 4, 1909 ... | date of birth=September 15, 1857 | place of birth=Cincinnati, Ohio ...
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  • Justice is the ideal, morally correct state of things and persons ... For many people justice is overwhelmingly important: "Justice ...
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  • " or other variations on the theme of "Ethical." Ethical ... Ethical Culture Society initiated a number of projects to improve the lives ...
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  • by its judiciary branch, the International Court of Justice. ... custom is considered by the International Court of Justice, jurists, the ...
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  • She was the first woman to hold the office of Prime Minister of France. After ... wider European community in a wide variety of posts. However, her name will ...
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  • African-American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Marshall ... ideas took many years to come to any sort of fruition, his tenure as the ...
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  • The Common Rule is a federal policy governing the protection of human ... in 1991, including the Department of Health and Human Services ...
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  • education—but also to redress the effects of past discrimination. The underlying ... admissions, have been criticized as a form of reverse discrimination|right ...
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  • Prize. He was the fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada from April 22, 1963 ... and political cooperation among the nations of the world so that all benefit ...
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  • Recidivism is a relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior ... data can help identify additional ways of preventing reconviction. Recidivism ...
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  • in central Seoul, South Korea. One of the city's largest institutions ... 1925. Immediately following the liberation of Korea on August 15, 1945, the ...
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  • Thomas Helwys, (c. 1575 – c. 1616), was one of the joint founders ... not prevent his imprisonment. King James I of England did not approve of ...
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  • or both, or generally to violate standards of ethical behavior. Government ... The history of competition law reaches back further than the Roman ...
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  • The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental ... The European Convention is still the only international human rights ...
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  • The Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental ... to its citizens and the duties of the citizens to the State. Those ...
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  • | order=19th President of Liberia | term_start=January 3, 1944 ... 29, 1895 – July 23, 1971) was President of Liberia for more than 26 years ...
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  • The Council of Europe is the oldest international organization working ... The most famous bodies of the Council of Europe are the European Court ...
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  • 023.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Executions of the Third of May by Francisco Goya]] Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted ...
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  • 2, 1923) was the twenty-ninth President of the United States, serving ... presidential campaign, held in the aftermath of World War I, he promised a ...
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  • nieder! (Ground Arms) that earned her international acclaim. In 1891, she ... proposed the creation of an international court of justice and of laws binding ...
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  • 26, 1950) was the 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand serving three terms ... refused to take part in the 2003 invasion of Iraq without an explicit United ...
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  • 1993 to 1995, and the third woman leader of a Muslim country, following ... After gaining her doctorate from the University of Connecticut, she ...
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  • The term criminal law, sometimes called penal law, refers to any of ... jurisdiction, may include execution, loss of liberty, government supervision ...
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  • 1494 – September 5-6,1566) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Caliph ... under his rule. His rule represented one of the most just and orderly periods ...
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  • Shekh Hasina Oajed) (born September 28, 1947) is the Prime Minister ... life. Comparison can be made with the career of Indonesia's former President ...
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  • Lynching is a form of violence, usually murder, considered by its ... [[Image:Lynching-of-lige-daniels.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Postcard depicting ...
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  • known in United States as the "mother of social work." Co-founder ... woman suffrage and was an outspoken advocate of internationalism. She participated ...
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  • Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a huge, landlocked nation ... borders on the north stretch into the center of the Sahara Desert, while the ...
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  • Prize-winning Turkish novelist and professor of comparative literature at Columbia ... Pamuk is one of Turkey's most prominent novelists, ...
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  • , also called the Brit Noah ("Covenant of Noah") refer to seven ... G-d's saving grace outside the realm of Judaism so that non-Jews will ...
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  • Natural law or the law of nature (Latin lex naturalis) is law whose ... Though Aristotle is often referred to as “the father of natural law,” ...
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  • Child welfare is a term used to describe a set of government services ... in certain circumstances, the interests of the child could be better served ...
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  • event. Villaraigosa is a former director of the ACLU Southern California ... in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." The ...
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  • Canada is an institution that is part of Corrections Canada. Opened ... she is denied or unable to meet conditions of bail, or is unable to post ...
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  • is an island nation in the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, an island ... Similar to other Caribbean islands, it has a history of being ravaged ...
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  • national, ethnic, racial, or religious group of people either entirely or a ... be brought against them at the International Court of Justice without their ...
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  • lawyer, human rights activist and founder of Children's Rights Support ... headscarf and for allegedly shaking the hand of a man. Defending her, reformist ...
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  • The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities ... The term "Commission" can mean either the college of Commissioners ...
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  • and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of ... Ginsburg spent much of her legal career as an advocate for gender ...
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  • January 5, 1933) was the thirtieth President of the United States. Famed for ... in the White House after the scandals of his predecessor's administration ...
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  • Lex Talionis (Latin for "law of retaliation") is the principle ... At the root of the non-biblical form of this principle is the belief ...
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  • playwright to create a realistic portrayal of African-American urban family ... after her death. Her works dealt with many of the social issues of the 1950s ...
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  • Racial segregation is the separation, either by law or by action, ... Racial segregation is characterized by separation of people of different ...
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  • administrative, and cultural center of Romania. It is located in the ... The people of Bucharest suffered under the leadership of Nicolae Ceaușescu ...
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  • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Group ... The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, also ...
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  • Darfur is a region of Sudan which borders the Central African Republic ... It continues to be a region suffering one of the worst humanitarian disasters ...
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  • Religions (originally titled The Religions of Man) which sold over two million ... Born and raised a Methodist, Smith studied and practiced many of the ...
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  • known for his pioneering work in the use of radio wave transmissions for ... Marconi's mastery of long-distance signal transmission by radio ...
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  • applying evolutionary theory to the study of politics and ethics. He coined ... Herbert Spencer was born in Derby, England on April 27, 1820, the ...
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  • Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a sparsely populated ... The dry lands of Namibia were inhabited since early times by Bushmen ...
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  • Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern ... population remains relatively small, because of its history it is one of the ...
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  • South American independence leader, was one of the commanders--together with ... Influenced by the ideals of the United States Declaration of Independence ...
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  • 15 other newspapers, including the International Herald Tribune and the ... Never the largest newspaper in terms of circulation, The New York ...
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  • Nauru (pronounced “now-roo”), officially the Republic of Nauru ... In 1989 the country took Australia to the International Court of Justice ...
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  • Robert Alphonso Taft (September 8, 1889 - July 31, 1953), of the Taft ... Taft was the grandson of Attorney General and Secretary of War Alphonso ...
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  • the Pilot. His work added a new level of dignity and polish to the genre. to the entertainment and education of children and adults throughout ...
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  • Bribery is a crime involving a sum of money or an item given in order ... offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting of any item of value to influence ...
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  • UN Secretariat, and the International Court of Justice, as well as specifically ... ===International Court of Justice=== Main article: International Court ...
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  • he played a key role in the leadership of the Confessing Church that ... Bonhoeffer's writings, especially his book The Cost of Discipleship ...
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  • Niger, officially the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked sub-Saharan ... Niger was an important economic crossroad, and the empires of Songhai ...
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  • politician who served as the President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973 ... Bhutto was executed in 1979 for allegedly authorizing the murder of ...
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  • during the mid-1960s, and the President of Pakistan from 1958 to 1969 ... Ayub Khan was born in the village of Rehana in Haripur District to ...
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  • on a person. It can be used as a means of intimidation, as a deterrent ... Torture is almost universally considered to be a violation of human ...
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  • The common law forms a major part of the law of those countries of ... As a genre of law which is based on custom, tradition, and/or precedent ...
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  • a powerful English statesman and a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. ... Wolsey became involved in furthering the political ambitions of Henry ...
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  • International Court Of Justice. Case Concerning Military and Paramilitary ... *International Court Of Justice. Case Concerning Military and Paramilitary ...
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  • Vanuatu, officially the Republic of Vanuatu, is a Melanesian island ... Vanuatu is an archipelago of 83 islands, two of which—Matthew and ...
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  • Coretta Scott King (April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was the wife ... During the Civil Rights era of the late 1950s and 1960s she worked ...
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  • 250px|Increasingly the world is thought of as a whole]] Globalization, as a concept, refers both to the "shrinking" ...
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  • The decision given by the International Court of Justice at The Hague ... poisummary600412.htm International Court of Justice Case Summaries ...
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  • especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the ... The parliamentary system was the first form of representative government ...
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  • for his intellectual demeanor and advocacy of liberal causes in the Democratic ... At the close of his life, Stevenson was respected by people of all ...
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  • boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. The area of Antigua and Barbuda is 171 ... to have been due to the combined effects of disease, malnutrition, and ...
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  • abolitionist. Anthony invested fifty years of her life advocating for the ... rewarded posthumously with the ratification of the Nineteenth amendment to ...
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  • Cyberethics, also referred to as internet ethics, is a branch of applied ... Rather than straightforward application of traditional ethical theories ...
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  • San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino Repubblica di San Marino ... * International Court of Justice * United Nations Educational, Scientific ...
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  • Aruba is a 32 kilometer-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the ... The original native people of Aruba and surrounding islands were the ...
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  • grand jury indicted Hiss on two counts of perjury; Chambers admitted ... 1950, he was found guilty on both counts of perjury and received two concurrent ...
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  • The Republic of Guatemala ( República de Guatemala , re'puβlika ... nation's development. Large portions of Guatemala's interior remain ...
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  • in 1558 when T'oegye was at the peak of his notoriety. However T'oegye ... Xi's Thought in Korea and set the path of Korean Neo-Confucianism leading ...
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  • was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme ... becoming a law professor at the University of Virginia. In the early 1970s ...
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  • or public even if the consequences of that activity are not conclusively ... appropriate precautions even in the absence of scientific consensus that the ...
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  • (香|香 港|港), is one of the two special administrative regions ... Hong Kong was a crown colony of the United Kingdom from 1842 until ...
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  • Arabic word for Islamic law, also known as the Law of Allah. It shows one of many ways that humanity strives to harmonize and maintain ...
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  • | affiliations = Association of Jesuit Colleges | fightsong ... the U.S. Civil War under the leadership of university president Patrick ...
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  • A contract is a legally binding exchange of promises or agreement ... as is habitual in civil law systems, as part of a general law of obligations ...
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  • The Principality of Liechtenstein is a tiny, alpine country in Western ... accepts compulsory International Court of Justice jurisdiction ...
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  • known as the Communist Party United States of America (CPUSA) is a Marxist ... "peace" platform during the years of the Hitler-Stalin Pact, and ...
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  • Nuremberg Trial held before a U.S. military court for 23 Nazi medical doctors ... The Doctor's Trial was one of a series of trials held in Nuremberg ...
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  • Hanging is the suspension of a person by a ligature, usually a noose ... considered a rather inhumane method of execution it was the method ...
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  • John LaFarge (March 31, 1835 – November 14, 1910) was one of the ... A founder and leader of the American watercolor movement by the late ...
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  • an American labor and political leader, one of the founders of the International ... suffered in prison but he earned the respect of fellow inmates for helping ...
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  • is the directly elected parliamentary body of the European Union (EU). Together ... it is the "first institution" of the European Union (mentioned ...
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  • Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra, is one of the smallest ... has not accepted compulsory International Court of Justice jurisdiction. ...
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  • Saint Anselm of Canterbury (1033 – April 21, 1109) was an Italian ... He developed a sophisticated analysis of language (thus foreshadowing ...
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  • Forensic science (often shortened to forensics) is the application ... Forensic scientists utilize principles and techniques from such fields ...
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  • Educated through the difficult life of an American emigrant in the ... Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and held the position ...
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  • The foreign policy of the United States is officially conducted by ... The officially stated goals of the foreign policy of the United States ...
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  • Norse: Jarizleifr) was thrice Grand Prince of Novgorod and Kiev, uniting ... His patronage of learning and his forging international ties helped ...
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  • is an ad valorem tax where only the value of land itself is taxed. This ... in their current form, by taxing the value of both land and buildings, penalize ...
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  • Lobbying is the practice of trying to persuade legislators or officials ... passed to attempt to regulate the activities of lobbyists and prevent corruption ...
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  • |free = Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools ... Washington, D.C. in the United States. One of several Historical Black Colleges ...
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  • The Commonwealth of Virginia is a Southeastern state considered part ... The Virginia Colony was the first part of the Americas to be continuously ...
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  • the U.S. Congress dubbed the "Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights ... Mrs. Parks is one of the two individuals most often associated with ...
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  • 1909 – March 20, 2004) was Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands ... its empire, Juliana's interests in international development, peace and ...
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  • The Kingdom of Norway, commonly known as Norway, is a Nordic country ... Norway plays a significant role in the pursuit of stability and world ...
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  • in Chicago, began as a rally in support of striking workers. The strikes ... important role in establishing the tradition of May Day. The Haymarket affair ...
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  • Brasília is the capital of Brazil, located in the central part of ... As the world's first capital city conceived by modern standards ...
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  • revered Persian poet. He was the author of the Shāhnāmeh (Epic of Kings ... Ferdowsi traced the history of Persia from its earliest days to the ...
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  • to positive interaction between people of different faith communities ... The rise of interreligious dialogue has been made possible by the ...
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  • 1968), also called "RFK," was one of two younger brothers of President ... RFK's resounding legacy is in the domain of civil rights. Along ...
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  • were American Communists who received international attention when they were ... which supported the general allegations of espionage by Julius, though ...
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  • as the Branch Davidians — were an offshoot of the Seventh Day Adventist Church ... This tiny apocalyptic sect was thrust into the international spotlight ...
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  • 19, 1881) was the twentieth President of the United States. He was a ... to be directly elected President of the United States. He was the ...
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  • Republic and laid the foundations for international law, based on natural ... Grotius removed natural law from the jurisdiction of moral theologians ...
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  • a prominent Nazi official. He became head of the Party Chancellery (Parteikanzlei ... by 1942. Faced with the imminent demise of the Third Reich, he systematically ...
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  • a person or organization as an expression of protest or as a means of economic ... ==Origin of the term== The word boycott entered the English language ...
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  • material, is the explicit representation of the human body or sexual activity ... mid-twentieth century that it became a part of western mainstream culture ...
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  • colonize or interfere with the affairs of the newly independent nations ... In a case brought before the International Court of Justice by Nicaragua ...
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  • Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country ... greatly under the devastating effects of rebel incursions. To end rebel ...
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