influence
... political opposition; MUBARAK has alternated between tolerating limited political activity by the Brotherhood and blocking its influence; civic society groups are sanctioned, but constrained in practical terms; only trade unions and professional ...
www.exxun.com/Egypt/d_gv.html
influence
cold temperate; potentially subarctic but comparatively mild because of moderating influence of the North Atlantic Current, Baltic Sea, and more than 60,000 lakes
www.exxun.com/Finland/b_mp.html
influence
... day Georgia contained the ancient kingdoms of Colchis and Kartli-Iberia. The area came under Roman influence in the first centuries A.D. and Christianity became the state religion in the 330s. Domination ...
www.exxun.com/Georgia/a_fg.html
influence
none (exclusive of influence exercised by church officers)
www.exxun.com/HolySee_VaticanCity/d_gv.html
influence
rooted in Roman and Spanish civil law with increasing influence of English common law; recent judicial reforms include abandoning Napoleonic legal codes in favor of the oral adversarial system; accepts ICJ jurisdiction ...
www.exxun.com/Honduras/d_gv.html
influence
... insurgency consists principally of Sunni Arabs with a shared desire to oust the Coalition, end US influence in Iraq, and reassert Sunni Arab dominance; a number of predominantly Shia militias, some associated ...
www.exxun.com/Iraq/d_gv.html
influence
... In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For more than two centuries this policy enabled Japan ...
www.exxun.com/Japan/a_fg.html
influence
modeled after German civil law system with English-American influence; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
www.exxun.com/Japan/d_gv.html
influence
... overdependence on the oil sector by developing its manufacturing potential. The policy aims to reduce the influence of foreign investment and foreign personnel. The government has engaged in several disputes with foreign ...
www.exxun.com/Kazakhstan/e_ec.html
influence
... of ostensible diplomatic and economic "self-reliance" as a check against excessive Soviet or Communist Chinese influence. The DPRK demonized the US as the ultimate threat to its social system through state ...
www.exxun.com/Korea_North/a_fg.html
influence
... Xang, established in the 14th Century under King FA NGUM. For 300 years Lan Xang had influence reaching into present-day Cambodia and Thailand, as well as over all of what is ...
www.exxun.com/Laos/a_fg.html
influence
... Chad's Aozou Strip - to gain access to minerals and to use as a base of influence in Chadian politics - but was forced to retreat in 1987. UN sanctions in 1992 isolated ...
www.exxun.com/Libya/a_fg.html
influence
... Arab nationalist movements with almost negligible memberships may be functioning clandestinely, as well as some Islamic elements; an anti-QADHAFI Libyan exile movement exists, primarily based in London, but has little influence
www.exxun.com/Libya/d_gv.html
influence
based on Dutch civil law system with some English common law influence
www.exxun.com/NetherlandsAntilles/d_gv.html
influence
British influence and control over what would become Nigeria grew through the 19th century. A series of constitutions after World War II granted Nigeria greater autonomy; independence came in 1960. Following nearly ...
www.exxun.com/Nigeria/a_fg.html
influence
... of trust in institutions continue to dampen domestic and foreign investor sentiment. PUTIN has granted more influence to forces within his government that desire to reassert state control over the economy. Russia ...
www.exxun.com/Russia/e_ec.html
influence
... chaos of World War II, Czechoslovakia became a Communist nation within Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe. Soviet influence collapsed in 1989 and Czechoslovakia once more became free. The Slovaks and the Czechs agreed ...
www.exxun.com/Slovakia/a_fg.html
influence
... Hugo CHAVEZ in 2007 nationalized firms in the petroleum, communications, and electricity sectors, which reduced foreign influence in the economy. Although voters in December 2007 rejected CHAVEZ's proposed constitutional changes, CHAVEZ ...
www.exxun.com/Venezuela/e_ec.html
influenced
based on civil law system influenced by English constitutional theory; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
www.exxun.com/Belgium/d_gv.html
influenced
Lamaistic Buddhist 75%, Indian- and Nepalese-influenced Hinduism 25%
www.exxun.com/Bhutan/c_pp.html
influenced
primarily a civil law mixture of French-influenced codes from the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) period, royal decrees, and acts of the legislature, with influences of customary law and ...
www.exxun.com/Cambodia/d_gv.html
influenced
based on Code of 1857 derived from Spanish law and subsequent codes influenced by French and Austrian law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ ...
www.exxun.com/Chile/d_gv.html
influenced
based on Spanish civil law and influenced by American legal concepts, with large elements of Communist legal theory; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/Cuba/d_gv.html