”The Treaty of Lisbon is the same as the rejected constitution. Only the format has been changed to avoid referendums.” Valéry Giscard d’Estaing‚ former French President and President of the Constitutional Convention in several European newspapers‚ 27 October 2007 1 2 From EU Constitution to Lisbon Treaty The revised EU Constitution analysed by a Danish member of the two constitutional Conventions‚ Jens-Peter Bonde. Jens-Peter Bonde is the author of 60 books on the EU. He has also
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1077831 Discuss the society European settlers arriving in Aotearoa- New Zealand wanted to create and the place of Maori and the Treaty of Waitangi within it. The settlement of New Zealand as an independent nation was driven by politics and culture with very Eurocentric values. Christianity‚ trade and policy established the British society in New Zealand. The Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti O Waitangi) sought to give Maori people the same rights as the British settlers‚ and also protection against
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Market Failure 2 Defining Externalities 2 Correcting For Externalities - Government Policies 7 Merit Goods 14 De-Merit Goods 16 Public Goods - Provided By The State 17 Indirect Taxes – Reducing Negative Externalities 18 Subsidies 21 Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) 22 Barriers to Entry 24 Monopoly 25 Index 28 Unit 2 Markets – Why they fail Steve Margetts Page 2 AN INTRODUCTION TO MARKET FAILURE Market failure has become an increasingly important topic at A level. Market failure occurs
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Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties 1969 Done at Vienna on 23 May 1969. Entered into force on 27 January 1980. United Nations‚ Treaty Series‚ vol. 1155‚ p. 331 Copyright © United Nations 2005 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Done at Vienna on 23 May 1969 The States Parties to the present Convention‚ Considering the fundamental role of treaties in the history of international relations‚ Recognizing the ever-increasing importance of treaties as a source of international law
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Treaty in1863 [Cambodia-France] Before 1863‚ Cambodia mainly served as a vassal territory for either the Thai or Vietnamese government. As stated earlier‚ King Norodom was seeking to end this cycle and gain power for Cambodia by signing a protection treaty with France. France viewed Cambodia as a buffer zone between southern Vietnam and British-aligned Siam. They hoped that by signing the treaty they would be protecting their own interests in southern Vietnam. In turn‚ Cambodia relied on French protection
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After the Bolsheviks came to power‚ Trotsky became the People’s Commissar for Foreign Affairs and published the secret treaties previously signed by the Triple Entente that detailed plans for post-war reallocation of colonies and redrawing state borders. White Army propaganda poster depicting Trotsky as Satan‚ and portraying a xenophobic depiction of the Bolsheviks’ Asian supporters as mass murderers. The caption reads‚ "Peace and Liberty in Sovdepiya". Bolshevik propaganda portrait from 1918 depicting
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United States-The People’s Republic of China Income Tax Convention (1984) This Agreement shall apply to persons who are residents of one or both of the Contracting States (The People’s Republic of China‚ or United States of America‚ or both). The term of “resident of a Contracting State” means any person who‚ under the laws of that Contracting State‚ is liable to tax therein by reason of his domicile‚ residence‚ place of head office‚ place of incorporation or any other criterion of a similar nature
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The "Big 3"‚ Georges Clemenceau‚ Woodrow Wilson and Lloyd George‚ disagreed so strongly on the Treaty of Versailles because it was no more than a compromise‚ it satisfied nobody. All three of them had a different stance on whether or not the treaty was satisfactory. Clemenceau thought it would be better for Germany to suffer a great deal more than the treaty allowed‚ while Wilson considered the treaty far too harsh. Lloyd George on the other hand took what seemed to be more of a middle ground. Clemenceau
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try to stop him since they had already proved that they did not want to start a war when they came up with their appeasement plan in Munich. In addition‚ the Germans want to get the territory back that they lost after the Great War in the Treaty of Versailles. Besides that‚ Hitler made a secret alliance with Joseph Stalin called the Nazi-Soviet Pact that stated that Germany and the Soviet Union won’t attack each other and will split
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Emancipation: Success or Failure? Student Number: Mailbox Number: 029 Word Count: 2386 Professor: Hist 380: Modern Russia Due Date: October 6th‚ 2011 The system of serfdom is where an agricultural worker in feudal Russia who cultivates land and belongs to a landowner. The emancipation of the serfs happened for a mired of reasons. Most of which are tied to Russia as a nation. The defeat in the Crimean war for example was a huge blow to Russia as a world power
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