Many peasants were given loans by the government to buy some land off of previous employers. ... The government's policies to develop industries had had disastrous effects on the people. ... To try to develop industry the government paid workers the lowest wages possible whilst taxing them very highly. ... The idea was that once industry got started then the money would start rolling in and the government would be able to loosen these laws. ... The government could not control strikes and was shown to be weak and powerless by losing to Japan in the war. ...

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The creation of the Soviet Union and its communist government led to a fear in the U.S. that communism could spread in America and the U.S. government would be overthrown just as the Russian government and its Tsar (the Russian King) had been replaced (Tsar Nicholas II was eventually murdered by the Communists along with his entire family). ... Eventually, the government began to crackdown against these groups. ... Constitution and rule of law" which has always guided the U.S. and insured our free society were suddenly now pushed back. ... The communists or the “Redsâ€"...

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The government during communism was quite different from the present system. ... The establishment of a democratic political and social structure, the rule of law, the set-up of new political parties, and a pluralist parliamentary system are but a few of the exacting tasks that have been met. ... The British government did not offer a great help to the first American colonies. ... But The English government decided otherwise. ... Their resistance took a variety of forms, such as disobidience of British laws, formal protests against British violations of American rights, and increased cooperati...

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The government during communism was quite different from the present system. ... The establishment of a democratic political and social structure, the rule of law, the set-up of new political parties, and a pluralist parliamentary system are but a few of the exacting tasks that have been met. ... The British government did not offer a great help to the first American colonies. ... But The English government decided otherwise. ... Their resistance took a variety of forms, such as disobidience of British laws, formal protests against British violations of American rights, and increased cooperati...

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The people believed the change they sought could be accomplished by voting in the Labour Government. ... Labour was a Socialist form of government in that it hoped to aid all citizens, with ideas including free healthcare and more jobs, no matter what class. ... The Labour government started the groundwork for the release of their land outside the motherland starting with India. ... The accused had been charged with violations of international law, but the law was binding on nations, not individuals. Individuals could be prosecuted only under the laws of their home nation. ...

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(Ashcroft) Then in section 202, the Patriot Act gives the government the "authority to intercept wire, oral, and electric communications" (2). This gives the government the ability to tap phones and to detain people for almost no reason at all. ... (Bill of rights) Do I agree with this so called law? ... Granted, I realize it would be a waste of the government's time and money to listen to me talk about what my grade was on my last test, and I also acknowledge that the government isn't going to bug every phone in America. ... Furthermore, this Patriot Act gives too much power to t...

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The Republicans believe in a small government that should only interfere when necessary. ... Both Democrats and Republicans have played major roles in our government. Democrats have helped pass important bills ranging from student loan acts to gun safety laws. ... Interest groups also play a role in our government. ... Every American over 18 has the right to choose and influence his government. ...

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NPC has extensive power including the amendment of the constitution, passage and amendment of legislation, approval of economic plans and government work reports, and appointment of top state and government leaders. ... As to lawmaking, all important laws, constitutional amendments, and political laws submitted to the NPC or its Standing Committee must have prior approval by the party center. ... Party core groups are the mechanisms to promote party leadership over leaders in their government host structure. ... Rule by Law: the principle of "rule of law" is the protection of individ...

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As well, all of the nations involved shared the common goals of implementing democratic systems of government and moving to market economies. ... While tremendous changes are evident in both the governmental and economic arenas in Europe, these changes cannot be assumed to always be "mutually reinforcing" (Preuss 47). ... Many of the Federal Republic's laws immediately applied in the GDR (Gloebner 153). Article 146 of the Basic Law, put simply, allowed for the annulment of the Basic Law, to be replaced with another governing system, without previously binding the people...

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The event has significance in that it was the first time the government used terror with such intensity, rather than reform. ... The event presented the government as using terror ineffectively to preserve autocracy, in that era due to the numerous revolutionary groups; such force only backlashed which ruined support for the Tsar. ... The manifesto promised a more democratic constitution ' no law can come into force without its approval by the State Duma and that the elected representative will play a real part', which could have gained more support, however the Tsar renounced these...

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The government began to seek closer ties with the West in order to improve the economic conditions in the country. The People's Assembly approved an interim basic law in April 1991. Short-lived governments introduced initial democratic reforms throughout 1991. ... Two attempts by the communists to form governments failed, however. ... For the first time in more than 40 years, Poland had a government led by noncommunists. ...

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The price hike announcement started strikes all over Poland, but the strikes were uncoordinated, so government officials settled one after another by agreeing to pay increases. ... The government reacted to all this by cutting all telephone, rail, road and air communications between Gdansk and the rest of the country. ... Soviet military intervention was narrowly avoided because of warnings from the US government and the Pope. ... and imposed Martial Law in Poland. ... This period of Martial Law continued until 1983, but even after the end of Martial Law, many of the rights that the Polis...

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Rule of Law was also rejected because even when suspected of going against the Nazis the secret police had the right to execute them. ... There was also no room for competition since the government controlled everything and everyone had to follow what the government ordered to meet the planned production increase, which is 20% per year. ... The Rule of Law was also manipulated to serve Stalin. ... He also passed a law stating anyone who is caught taking wheat even the young ones should be arrested or executed. ... This rejected the Rule of Law, Self-Interest, Private Property, Economic Freedo...

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Several commandments were set up to establish early laws in the Animalism system. ... While the people of Russia were dying in poverty, most of the officials and leaders of the Russian Communist Government were living the high life off of the deceasing lower class. ... One of the first commandments established clearly stated that it was against the law of Animalism to kill any other animal. ... Stalin's tyranny mirrored this almost perfectly, as hundreds of Russians died at the hands of Stalin's government officials for treason. ...

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The government was dictating what they should believe in. ... The Constitution of the Soviet Union had the church separated from the government, but those words were only on paper. These laws were never exercised, and in reality, the government had full control over the church. ... In the early 1970s, new laws were passed concerning those attending the church. ...

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Communism is a theory of government in which the people are all considered equal. The government owns the businesses and pays equal wages to all. ... There could be a government which practices the Communist ideas of the government ownership of business while having the democratic ideals of checks and balances with the people voting for officials. ... The private ownership of business allows for the formation of large companies which can impair the fair processes of the law (an example of this is lobbyists). ... Even the socialist governments of the world take responsibility for the health ...

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Communism was the idea of the government by the people and helping the people. This would be true if there we not any flaws in the government. ... An increase in production using a centralized government due to uskorenie or acceleration led to an overall shortage... Co-operatives "require a proper framework of commercial and contract law within which to operate, so that they can be confident of their own future." ... With that in mind the government legalized the holding of foreign currency in 1990. ...

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He graduated with a law degree in 1950. ... In 1952, after Fulgencio Bastista y Zald'var seized control of the Cuban government, Castro became the leader. ... This angered him very much, therefore, for the next seven years he tried to overthrow the Batista's government. ... He established a communist government with himself as a dictator and began relations with the Soviet Union. ...

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No law will be enforced without confirmation of the council. ... On November 6 it was voted that it was a good idea to strike and overthrow the Government. The Bolsheviks then came together and overthrew the Government. ... Stage 6 Lenin now had to think about governing his country; it is believed that one man can never satisfy all the needs for being a government. ... Stalin and a Revolutionary named Trotsky were the two contenders for the new Government. ...

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In May of 1917, the reformed provisional government took control of power. The provisional government attempted to continue the war effort. ... The Petrograd Soviet of Workers" and Soldiers" Deputies, a huge collection of soldiers, workers and socialist, constantly weakened the provisional government with its own laws and orders. ... With this new political and military confidence, Trotsky began attacks on key government buildings, such as the Winter Palace, and provisional government officials. ... These eighteen self-proclaimed governments were constantly challenging the Bolshevik gove...

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Reagan changed his political party affiliation in the 1950s because he "believed that the Democratic Party had been taken over by "tax-and-spend" liberals who had forgotten the warnings of Thomas Jefferson and Woodrow Wilson that government was a threat to liberty" (p. 48-9). ... Reagan televised a speech on February 18, 1981 that announced "tax reductions, cutting government spending, eliminating unnecessary regulations, and pursuing an anti-inflationary monetary policy" (p.99). ... He was able to start government programs to deal with social and economic problems in America. ... The United S...

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Moreover, he was called to face a population that had learned to live in fear of the government and that didn't trust the government's promises and actions. ... Farmers could now lease land from the government and keep the profits made from selling products grown in their land. ... Due to the previous experiences they had from the previous governments, people showed different character to the state and different inside their homes. ... In a historic meeting with Pope John Paul II, Gorbachev promised to open diplomatic relations with the Vatican and pledged that the government soon wo...

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Hobbes spent most of his years in exile, because of governments that would not accept his philosophies. ... Since the British government was losing its absolute authority of having a monarchy Hobbes came up with a theory that you would have to consider what life would be like in a of human nature without a government? ... "Dissolute condition of masterlesse men, without subjection to lawes, and a coercive power to tye their hands from rapine, and revenge." ... Hobbes believes in an absolute authority of government where their powers are neither divided nor limited. ... If the theory was put in...

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The Czar said "The law will henceforward be respected and obeyed not only by the nation but also the authority that rules it - and that the law would stand above the changing views of the individual instruments of the supreme power." ... In Russia, there were many food shortages which caused the people to demonstrate and then the Russian soldiers refused to suppress them and the leaders demanded that Nicholas transfer his power to parliamentary government because everything was getting out of control. Soviet workers and soldiers formed a special committee and established a government. ... Many...

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The Czar saidThe law will henceforward be respected and obeyed not only by the nation but also the authority that rules it - and that the law would stand above the changing views of the individual instruments of the supreme power. ... In Russia, there were many food shortages which caused the people to demonstrate and then the Russian soldiers refused to suppress them and the leaders demanded that Nicholas transfer his power to parliamentary government because everything was getting out of control. Soviet workers and soldiers formed a special committee and established a ...

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