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juridique : Legal professions in the common law countries, county courts... Foreword There is an undeniable close relation between law and language. Every English-speaking country is a common law country, and all the Latin countries have a romano-civilist system. Quebec has a mixed system, common law and civil law. Both law and language are inextricably tied. During the twelfth century, the change of the language usually spoken in accompanied by the modification of the body of law. Also, in 1898

LECTURE 3: On The Road to civil War: James I (1603-25) and Charles I (1625-49) I – The Stuart Monarchy in Tension Against Parliament A - The philosophy of the divine right of kings The main difficulty of James’s and Charles’ reigns was that both men believed in the Divine Right of Kings and expressed their beliefs in terms which alienated the people with whom they most needed to have a harmonious relationship: the Members of Parliament, and particularly the Commons. Many princes

THE AMERICAN DREAM Who hasn’t heard about it? “The American dream”. Its creed: nothing is impossible, who wants can! A dream based on people’s hope of a better life, a brighter future; on the faith that anyone who has the willpower and works hard enough can enhance his living-standard. Put in other words: anybody’s life is susceptible to become a tale of rags to riches. This faith is something much anchored to US-American society. It is written in the Declaration of Independence itself: “all men

Guth-Kitts First lesson - February the 6th, 2008 Introduction “Earth”: the conditions of the discovery of America British Patterns of Colonization To understand the history of the US, it is important to understand the conditions in which the settlers arrived in America: the scientific, religious, economic and financial background. The crusades The discovery of America was not an accident but the result of a large current of human affairs, the logical results of a series of development

allows a suitor to take over a target company whose management is unwilling to agree to a merger or takeover. A takeover is considered "hostile" if the target company's board rejects the offer, but the bidder continues to pursue it, or the bidder makes the offer directly after having announced its firm intention to make an offer. A hostile takeover can be conducted in several ways. A tender offer can be made where the acquiring company makes a public offer at a fixed price above the current market

The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and formerly known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states. All but two (Mozambique and Rwanda) of these countries were formerly part of the British Empire, out of which it developed. The member states co-operate within a framework of common values and goals as outlined in the Singapore Declaration.[1] These include the promotion of democracy, human rights, good

New World Summary:In the year 632 After Ford, according to the new time-reckoning, the Director of the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre explained the working of his factory to a group of first-year students. What they saw was a process in making human beings. Eggs were painlessly taken from the female body and fertilized in bottles. The bottles contained special nutritive solutions for each of the social classes, from Alpha plus to Epsilon minus, for which the future men and women

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society by the use of science and technology. Through its explanation, he shows that, linking science, technology and politics may reduce human individuality Context of the writing: The book was written in the 30s, between the two wars, one year before Hitler… Reminder: definition of an utopia: it is an imaginary society, organized to create ideal condition for human beings, eliminating pain, neglect etc. Sometimes, utopia is used to make a satire of the current society and to describe the horrors