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  Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Attorney General   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The Attorney General for England and Wales is similarly the chief law officer of the Crown in England and Wales, and advises and represents the Crown and government departments in court.
The Attorney General of the Duchy of Cornwall is the chief legal adviser to the Prince of Wales, and there is a separate Attorney General for the Duchy of Lancaster, which is owned by the Crown.
The Attorney General of Hong Kong, renamed Secretary for Justice after transfer of sovereignty in 1997, is the legal adviser of the Hong Kong Government and heads the Department of Justice, assisted by the Solicitor General.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Attorney_General   (1373 words)

  
 Hong Kong encyclopedia : Cultural Information , Maps, Hong Kong politics and officials, Hong Kong History. Travel to ...
Unlike other territories, the bulk of Hong Kong was leased to the UK by China under a 99 year lease that expired in 1997.
Following the return of Hong Kong, the remaining colonial possessions are generally small island territories with small populations, and the uninhabited British Antarctic Territory.
This was mainly to prevent a mass exodus of the citizens of Hong Kong to the UK before the agreed handover to China in 1997.
www.hongkongiworld.com /wiki-British_overseas_territory   (2885 words)

  
 Fiduciary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Canadian law, for example, has developed a cutting edge body of fiduciary case law, moreso than American law, whilst Australian law and British law have developed more conservative approaches than either the USA or Canada.
The law expressed here follows the general body of elementary fiduciary law found in most common law jurisdictions; for in-depth analysis of particular jurisdictional idiosyncrasies please consult primary authorities within the relevant jurisdiction.
The person the duty is imposed on is called the fiduciary.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fiduciary   (1862 words)

  
 CFP 2004 / Computer Freedom & Privacy Conference
Rachel Brand has been the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Policy of the United States Department of Justice since July 27, 2003.
Baker is the former General Counsel of the National Security Agency (1992-1994) and author of the book, The Limits of Trust: Cryptography, Governments, and Electronic Commerce (1998), as well as various other publications and articles on electronic commerce and international trade.
Cukier was the technology editor of the Asian Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong and a commentator for CNBC Asia; before that he was the European Editor in London of Red Herring magazine.
www.cfp2004.org /program/speakers.html   (17893 words)

  
 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Censorship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The main organ for official censorship in the Soviet Union was the Chief Agency for Protection of Military and State Secrets generally known as the Glavlit, its Russian acronym.
Censorship has been alleged to occur in such media policies as blurring the boundaries between hard news and news commentary, and in the appointment of allegedly biased commentators, such as a former government attorney, to serve as anchors of programs labeled as hard news but comprising primarily anti-criminal commentary.
The focusing of news stories to exclude questions that might be of interest to some audience segments, such as the avoidance of reporting cumulative casualty rates among citizens of a nation that is the target or site of a foreign war, is often described as a form of censorship.
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 Local Support Groups For Adoptive Parents. Search: Adoption Directory
All calls are personally answered by an adoption attorney or a social worker.
Adoption Assurance reimburses you for your adoption expenses in the event the birth mother or father changes their mind.
In Texas, we offer free consultations on adoptions; referrals to international agencies, financing & resources plus birth parent counseling & unplanned pregnancy support & conduct embryo adoptions.
directory.adoption.com /services/support_groups_for_adoptive_parents.html   (631 words)

  
 ebrINFO: contributors
He is an Associate Professor at the School of Design in Hong Kong.
His contribution to ebr is The Affective Interface, a retelling of the allegory of Arachne.
She has published on feminist rhetoric, the intersections between rhetoric and philosophy, and the problems of pluralism, but would rather be writing sonnets to Wittgenstein and telling Heidegger jokes.
www.altx.com /ebr/info/contribs/contribs.htm   (8677 words)

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