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  Iran - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Iran   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The constitution, which came into effect on the overthrow of the shah in 1979, provides for a president elected by universal suffrage and a single-chamber legislature, the Majlis (Islamic Consultative Assembly), consisting of 270 members, similarly elected.
A period of violent disorder in the later 15th century was ended by the accession of the Safavid dynasty, who ruled between 1499 and 1736 but were deposed by the great warrior Nadir Shah (ruled 1736–47), whose death was followed by instability until the accession of the Qajar dynasty (1794–1925).
During the 18th century Persia was threatened by Russian expansion, culminating in the loss of Georgia in 1801 and a large part of Armenia in 1828.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Iran   (2743 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Russia - Judicial Reform - Structure of the Judiciary | Russian Information Resource
The 1993 constitution provides for some degree of judicial reform by establishing an indepe ndent judiciary and specifying that justices may only be removed or their powers curtailed or terminated in accordance with the law.
Although prescribed in the new constitution, the court remained moribund in 1994 because no new law was passed governing its proce dures and composition.
Under the constitution, judges of the three highest courts serve for life and are appointed by the Federation Council after nomination by the president.
reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/russia/russia153.html   (683 words)

  
 Baku-Capital City of Azerbaijan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan establishes this form of government and is the supreme law within the republic.
With the final breakup of the Safavid dynasty in the middle of the 18th century, the remains of their empire in the Caucasus fell to a number of independent khanates, among them the khanates, of Baku, Gar abagh, Guba and Nakhchivan.
In April, 1920, units of the Russian Bolshevik II th Army invaded Azerbaijan and overthrew the government.
www.baku.com /index.html   (2475 words)

  
 Copyright Timeline   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
is an original and new work, and that it constitutes, in no just sense, a piracy of the work of the plaintiffs." Again, Story disagreed, saying that Upham's work was "a selection of the entire contents of particular letters, from the whole collection or mass of letters of the work of the plaintiffs.
Second, the revision was undertaken in anticipation of Berne Convention adherence by the U.S. It was felt that the statute needed to be amended to bring the U.S. into accord with international copyright law, practices, and policies.
According to the Eleventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, state entities, including universities and libraries, may not be held liable in federal court cases.
arl.cni.org /info/frn/copy/timeline.html   (5501 words)

  
 Jefferson's Legacy: A Brief History of the Library of Congress -- THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, 1800-1992
A separate law department was approved in 1832, along with an appropriation to purchase law books under the guidance of the chief justice of the United States.
"Father of the Constitution" James Madison took these notes May 28, 1787, as the Constitutional Convention debated the provisions of the document which has provided a sturdy foundation for the government of the United States for over two hundred years.
The Library's symbolic role as a cradle of Jeffersonian democracy was enhanced by Putnam in 1921 when, at his behest, the nation's two most precious documents, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, were transferred to the Library from the State Department.
www.loc.gov /loc/legacy/loc.html   (7906 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Legal system
based on French civil law system and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Court (which was formally established on 9 March 1994); has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
based on civil law system; Constitutional Court reviews legality of legislative acts and governmental decisions of resolution; it is unclear if Moldova accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction but accepts many UN and Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) documents
blend of Russian, Chinese, Turkish, and Western systems of law that combines aspects of a parliamentary system with some aspects of a presidential system; constitution ambiguous on judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2100.html   (3432 words)

  
 America's War Against Terrorism, 9/11
Several versioins of the Afghan constitution, biographies of key players, and links to political parties
President Bush sent a working draft to James Sensenbrenner, Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, on September 19
Text of the constitution and a few other important laws
www.lib.umich.edu /govdocs/usterror.html   (7199 words)

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