influence
... 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 areas of the countryside are under guerrilla influence or are contested by security forces. More than 31,000 former paramilitaries had demobilized by the ...
www.exxun.com/Colombia/a_fg.html
influence
... serve four-year terms) 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
... members, who ran as independents, hold 88 seats in the People's Assembly)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
... 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