influence
based on Dutch civil law system, with some English common law influence
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influence
... receive an annual subsidy in exchange for ceding some border land to British India. Under British influence, a monarchy was set up in 1907; three years later, a treaty was signed whereby ...
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The Sultanate of Brunei's influence peaked between the 15th and 17th centuries when its control extended over coastal areas of northwest Borneo and the southern Philippines. Brunei subsequently entered a period ...
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... fought on the losing side in both World Wars, Bulgaria fell within the Soviet sphere of influence and became a People's Republic in 1946. Communist domination ended in 1990, when Bulgaria ...
www.exxun.com/Bulgaria/a_fg.html
influence
... Cambodia (UNTAC) period, royal decrees, and acts of the legislature, with influences of customary law and remnants of communist legal theory; increasing influence of common law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
www.exxun.com/Cambodia/d_gv.html
influence
based on French civil law system, with common law influence; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/Cameroon/d_gv.html
influence
indigenous beliefs 35%, Protestant 25%, Roman Catholic 25%, Muslim 15% note: animistic beliefs and practices strongly influence the Christian majority
www.exxun.com/CentralAfricanRepublic/c_pp.html
influence
... 2002, but insurgents continue attacks against civilians and large swaths of the countryside are under guerrilla influence. More than 32,000 former paramilitaries had demobilized by the end of 2006 and the United ...
www.exxun.com/Colombia/a_fg.html
influence
... up of traditional leaders note: the House of Ariki advises on traditional matters and maintains considerable influence but has no legislative powers elections: last held 26 September 2006 (next to be held ...
www.exxun.com/CookIslands/d_gv.html
influence
... the Ruthenians (Ukrainians). After World War II, a truncated Czechoslovakia fell within the Soviet sphere of influence. In 1968, an invasion by Warsaw Pact troops ended the efforts of the country's ...
www.exxun.com/CzechRepublic/a_fg.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
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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)
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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
... 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
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
... Orthrodox Church; Russian-Chechen Friendship Society other: ecology groups; human rights groups; nationalist pragmatists (no foreign influence over Central Eurasia); neo-Eurasianists (against Western influence for the area); religious groups; westernizers (lean ...
www.exxun.com/Russia/d_gv.html
