The government is also extremely concerned with the problem, and so they implement plans to take a stand against the opium trade. Lin Zexu, (1785-1850), was one of the initiatives of the Chinese government to combat the opium problem. ... This upsets the foreign governments and from this point war is becoming an alarming possibility for the Chinese. ... The prospects of extraterritoriality in China was also appealing to the British, where although they would not assume control of China they would have communities where British law would exist and Chinese law be default. At Canton before th...

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The Chinese government imposed the "17-Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet" on the Tibetan government in May 1951,"(Banerjee). ... Second, the Chinese government has traditionally been imperialistic. ... The government believed, and still believes today, that Tibet needs the Chinese government to help maintain a successful society and to prevent Buddhism, one of many religions to which the Chinese government brutally opposes, from influencing Tibet's culture. ... Tibet also feels that they are given the right by international law to maintain their own government, and that...

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Our Government, The Way it should be or the way it has to be? ... Lao Tzu's ideal government is vulnerable in war. In his government, Lao Tzu simply doesn't believe in armed forces. ... These are the simple natural law of human activity, so if these natural ways are not satisfied, the people will go elsewhere. ... Moreover, Lao Tzu's government will not prosper. ...

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Directed labour was also introduced, and this included the implementation of the Patriotic Auxillary Service Law, under which men aged 17-60 were liable to be called for labour service. ... In Britain, the government released DORA - the Defence of the Realm Act, which granted the government wide powers including the control of railways and shipping. ... The government also used propoganda to encourage women to take an active role in the war effort. ... Rationing began in 1916 under the War Food Office, however regulations were taken to extremes, with 258 laws in existance to control the supp...

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In order to help the economy the government tried to print more money to pay striking workers. ... Germans began to lose confidence in the Weimar Republic, as the government grew weaker. ... A fascist government does not tolerate any questioning of the government, if caught doing so would be punishable by law.8 On April 7, the first anti-Jewish law removed all "non-Aryans" from any and all government jobs. ... His laws set out to suppress trade unions, deny civil rights, and censor any opposition to his ruling, usually relying on violence and terror tactics. ... In 1926, he passed t...

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The possibilities of the September 11th attacks being perpetrated by people within the American government are shown through motives for doing so, a history of corruption in the government, and scientific evidence. ... One might ask "Why would the Government attack its own people?... Government. ... Government proposed a mission involving purposely attacking U.S. ... At the time of its destruction, it exclusively housed government agencies and financial institutions. ...

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The American government was created on righteous morals created out of the ashes of governments of the past that had failed such as, Romans, the Greeks, and the Egyptians. ... Since humans created this supposedly perfect government, and run it, then how can those just morals be applied? ... Once many wars were concluded the United States tried to put in a strict set of laws much like our own, the ideal behind Democracy are not bad, but what is bad is forcing countries to adapt rules without a choice, or severe consequences will take place. ... He lives in a world that fascism rules only it has...

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This lead to the occupation of the Ruhr Valley in 1922, leaving the German people in a complete awe as to how this new government was in any way going to restore Germany to its former self. ... His use of campaigns, rallies and putsches were creating a drive in what had become a stale and worn-out government. ... Hitler, blaming it as a 'communist plot' saw for a Law for the Protection of the People and State to be necessary. ... Hitler won the election in March, leading to the Enabling Law, which essentially allowed Hitler to create laws without consent of the Reichstag. ... He wa...

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A few years after Adolf Hitler had come to power in Germany as the Chancellor in 1933, his Nazi Government started policies that were mainly targeting the German-Jews and others that were seen as the enemies of the Nazi regime. ... In 1945, the Allied powers had a convention in London, England, where they had come up and agreed on the legal laws and procedures for the trials. ... This was a trial about the war criminals, most precisely the major war criminals, who were the main officials in the Nazi government. ... The judge's trial was about the lawyers and judges of Nazi Germany on how ...

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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 Genocide of over six Jewish million people by the German government during the Second World War is the largest massacre of modern times. ... Before looking into either of these arguments, one must look into the Holocaust itself, what was it and how did the Nazi government manage to murder several million people? ... In 1935 The Nuremberg laws were imposed, these laws banned Germans from marriage with Jews. These laws also excluded Jewish people from all aspects of German society. ... Their argument for this is that evidence shows that the orders came from Himmler and that the chain of comm...

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The National Insurance Act (1911) was introduced by the Liberal government, and came in two parts. ... Even in the heyday of Lassiez Faire, the state did take on a certain amount of responsibility for the needy with the Poor Law Act (1834), even though it was applied under humiliating circumstances. ... Government intervention became part of everyday life, rationing was introduced; people were urged by the government to take prudent measures, regardless of their class to contribute to the war. ... The National Assistance Act (1948) effectively ended the Poor Law. ... However, it was a means...

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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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Congress that was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan in 1984.This institution is an American non-partisan, independent, federal institution that works to prevent, mitigate, and resolve violent conflict around the world. ... The theory of democratic peace is proven through the government and actions of North Korea. ... Decisions and laws are made solely by the Party, with the general public having absolutely no power in the decision-making process. Any opposition to the government is prohibited. ... The Internet is heavily censored, most sites that show anti-communist content, critical...

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With just a couple of decades between the two presidents, the executive branch seized increasing power "at the expense" of the other two branches of government. ... If the president objects to a law, then he can issue a veto but with the power of the Congress, they can override the veto. If the Supreme Court rules that a law approved by Congress violates the constitution, the Congress can initiate the process to amend the Constitution, impeach the hostile judges, or expand the size of the court to fill it friendlier jurists. ... Not only did it ruin his reputation, but it left the p...

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One of these laws was the Miners" License Law (1850). ... From 1905 to 1924, California lawmakers attempted to pass many laws to control the Japanese population. ... However, the federal government did not allow many of these laws to pass. ... On March 21, 1942, president Roosevelt signed Public Law 503 (1942). It allowed the United States government to start the evacuation of close to 110,000 Japanese-Americans under Executive Order 9066. ...

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Leading up to World War II, minority Americans have had a long history facing racial discrimination in the United States, such as slavery and the Jim Crow laws against African Americans after the Civil War. ... The government also kept Japanese Americans from military service by changing their draft status from 1-A draft eligible to 4-C, "enemy alien. " (American Valor).  ... Instead African Americans were perceived by other Americans as being racially inferior and were treated as second class citizens under the Jim Crow laws. Having come from southern states where the Jim Crow laws were at ...

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When Hitler came to power, one of his earliest laws that he pushed to pass was the "Law for the Encouragement of Marriage," which outlined certain benefits to the newly married couple. Such as, a government loan of 1000 marks, which at the time was roughly about nine months of regular income to the average worker at the time in Germany. ... This law never came into effect because even within the high command of the Nazis, some realized that such a law would create social mayhem. Because of the fact that so many women and men would be against such a law. ... Of course in every society there are...

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However, only in Italy and Germany did fascist movements turn into parties and become major political forces that by their own efforts achieved governmental power. ... Democracy was either not deeply rooted or a system of government of short duration, and nationalist sentiment often ran high. ... The fascist government made great use of modern technical achievements of propaganda such as, radio, cinema, newspapers and newsreel. ... The Nuremburg Laws of 1935 deprived Jews of many basic rights. ... Such forces were themselves above the law. ...

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By this law it is the willingness of Ukraine to allow Crimea to join Russian Federation i.e. ... Therefore this annexation is illegal by this law. ... The referendum is illegal by Ukrainian law. ... Therefore this referendum is illegal according to the law of Ukraine. ... Most countries are putting sanctions on Russia and hence isolating Russian Government. ...

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Roosevelt said in his fireside chat, "It is now clear that Hitler has begun his campaign to control the seas by ruthless force and by wiping out every vestige of international law and humanity. ... Roosevelt's social policies such as the Alien Registration Act created on June 28, 1940 strengthened the existing laws concerning the admission and deportation of aliens. ... It was intelligent since it made it unlawful for any person to advocate the overthrowing of government or destroying them. ... This event proved that laws created may not always be sufficient. The Writ of Habeas Corpus,...

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That meant that officially and by law, dictatorial powers were given to Hitler. ... By July 14th, 1933, Hitler declared a law stating that the NSDAP was to be the only political party in Germany (Stokes, 2008). ... In Hitler's opinion there was no alternative to a strong dictatorial government. ... The NSDAP had enough power to paralyze Germany's democratic government, which was put in place in 1919. ... As the returns on income taxes decreased, the government began to depend much more on state trade and property tax (Castillo, 2003). ...

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The American government could not take a foreign position that would not in some way benefit one of the belligerents and harm the other. ... Under international law, Germany was only able to receive American supplies sent by way of neutral ships and then international law permitted Britain to intercept any of those supplies which were in fact considered to be items of war. ... In 1916 President Wilson took a stronger stance toward foreign affairs by increasing the size of the military and issuing a warning to the German government: Unless the Imperial Government should now immediately declar...

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After the saw mill closed Fredrick and his brother-in law leased a lumber yard and saw mill here the original. When trees began to become scarce he and his brother-in law went north to find wood. ... In order to aid the government Weyerhaeuser Company gave the military use of their private fleet. ...

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They asked the government to quickly withdraw all troops home, end this unjust war. ... On January 20, 1969, Republican Richard Nixon was inaugurated as the 37th President of the United States with plans of putting the nation out of war and re-establishing law and order in the US. ... Thousands of G.I.s who were sent to Vietnam came to feel that the fight was immoral and unjust, and not for democracy as the US government claimed. ... The US government had to face not only the Indochina War but also the domestic protests. ... The Legislative composed of anti-war elective officials handcuffed th...

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