In 1983, the United States General Accounting Office conducted a study of several Southern states that found three out of every four landfills were located near predominantly minority communities. ... Bullard cites the redressing David Friedman counters Bullard's argument that efforts by activists to ensure environmental justice have "enshrined some of the worst excesses of racialist rhetoric and environmental advocacy into federal law- (69). ...

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This paper will aim to analyze the challenges that Cambodia has faced on its road towards democracy by giving a brief historical insight before focusing more specifically on issues dealing with corruption, civil liberties and political freedom, as well as the lack of rule of law within Cambodian society. ... Although some may have though that of the Anti-corruption law passed in 2010 as a breakthrough in Cambodia's fight for transparency, this was not entirely the case. The newly passed law, also the first of its kind in the nation's history, provides for the imprisonment of up to ...

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My initial thought after reading Dahl was that his theory of polyarchy gives a very clear definition of how a near perfect democracy should be and his strategies of Polyarchy " definitely helps to understand the political system of different countries, however, his concept of polyarchy according to me is not the best approach to compare political regimes. ... And by applying Dahl's concept of broadened participation and political contestation, we can say that it is due to this lack of participation, contestation and representation that people in China have so many reformist movements for ...

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This figure is expected to continue increasing in the near future as the Vietnamese government plans to spend 26% of all revenue earned in the coming years on education with the key aim of improving the overall quality of the workforces. ... The Vietnamese is largely responsible for the damage caused to the environment due to the lack of laws regarding emissions, wastage and zoning, resulting in a decrease in the quality of the environment. ...

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More particular, there were not composed laws or medicinal offices until the colonizers brought them to the districts. ... This battle over evaluating highlights the difficulties confronted by poor nations in an undeniably worldwide business sector where most medication organizations are ensured by patent laws protected by the World Trade Organization (Bhatt). ...

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"It is no longer a time for vain words, but for a bold, constructive act. France has acted, and the consequences of her action may be immense. We hope they will. She has acted essentially in the cause of peace. For peace to have a chance, there must first be a Europe. ...

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The loyalties of the Unionist and Loyalist parties in Northern Ireland to Britain has led to their increased power through actions such as the penal laws . ... A British plan was devised to contain the march through the construction of barricades that would be held by the British army; as one group of marchers neared the Rossville flats, the events become misconstrued. ...

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In both cases the commitment to uphold the rule of law is what creates a strong governmental accountability. ... This kind of commitment to enforce the rule of law on politicians as well as the citizenry is consistent in the Prosecutor General's Office. ...

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Communism, at its most idealistic base, is a contingent of gown up responsible people that have free access to information and can therefore self govern, except for the transitional period required for the establishment of the required infrastructure. In this light, it would seem that communist coun...

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Eventually, however, the senate became a legislative body and its 'senatus consulta' became law. ... Augustus knew that he had to play down the fact that he was king in all but name, after all, nearing this position had cost Caesar his life. ...

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The main reason for all the excitement of this discovery is because if scientists were to be able to use this type of technology in space and also with communications between earth and its satellites, according to the laws of physics, it would mean that we would now have, literally, the fastest communication possible. ...

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